Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) Competitors

Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) and Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in GKP or SEPL?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 384 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote while only 65.29% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Outperform Votes 457 65.29%	Underperform Votes 243 34.71%
Seplat Energy	Outperform Votes 73 66.36%	Underperform Votes 37 33.64%

Is GKP or SEPL more profitable?

Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 4.57% beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	-7.11%	-1.52%	-0.98%
Seplat Energy	8.59%	4.57%	5.52%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in GKP or SEPL?

32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate GKP or SEPL?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.92%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Seplat Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Seplat Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor GKP or SEPL?

In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Seplat Energy and 1 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.57 indicating that Gulf Keystone Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Seplat Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better earnings & valuation, GKP or SEPL?

Seplat Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	£134.56M	3.11	-£9.57M	-£2.81	-54.72
Seplat Energy	£1.16B	1.25	£99.56M	£11.03	18.05

Is GKP or SEPL a better dividend stock?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -177.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seplat Energy pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Which has more volatility & risk, GKP or SEPL?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gulf Keystone Petroleum and Seplat Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.