GKP vs. SEPL, KOS, SQZ, DEC, RKH, PTAL, 88E, PANR, TLW, and ENQ
Should you be buying Gulf Keystone Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Keystone Petroleum include Seplat Energy (SEPL), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), PetroTal (PTAL), 88 Energy (88E), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Tullow Oil (TLW), and EnQuest (ENQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum vs. Its 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 companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, suggesting a potential upside of 25.15%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Seplat Energy.
In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Seplat Energy and 0 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Seplat Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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.
Summary
Seplat Energy beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GKP) was last updated on 7/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
