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Kistos (KIST) Competitors

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GBX 163 -0.50 (-0.31%)
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KIST vs. RKH, GKP, PANR, PTAL, EGY, ENQ, GENL, HUR, I3E, and TLW

Should you be buying Kistos stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Kistos include Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), VAALCO Energy (EGY), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), and Tullow Oil (TLW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Kistos vs. Its Competitors

Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Kistos (LON:KIST) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.

Rockhopper Exploration presently has a consensus price target of GBX 61.50, suggesting a potential downside of 30.16%. Kistos has a consensus price target of GBX 230, suggesting a potential upside of 41.10%. Given Kistos' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Kistos is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rockhopper Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Kistos
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

4.7% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.3% of Kistos shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.6% of Kistos shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kistos has a beta of 0.33, indicating that its stock price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Rockhopper Exploration has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Kistos' net margin of -25.91%. Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity of 0.01% beat Kistos' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rockhopper ExplorationN/A 0.01% -1.19%
Kistos -25.91%-65.27%-3.05%

In the previous week, Kistos had 1 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kistos and 1 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat Kistos' score of 0.13 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rockhopper Exploration
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Kistos
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Rockhopper Exploration has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Kistos. Kistos is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rockhopper ExplorationN/AN/A£19.71K£0.071,209.62
Kistos£221.51M0.61-£63.50M-£0.63-258.73

Summary

Rockhopper Exploration beats Kistos on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding KIST and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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KIST vs. The Competition

MetricKistosOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£135.07M£1.45B£7.87B£2.67B
Dividend YieldN/A8.10%10.79%5.31%
P/E Ratio-258.7390.9939.505,338.44
Price / Sales0.612,110.08557.7495,840.27
Price / Cash2.4186.6436.0027.93
Price / Book1.651.663.866.52
Net Income-£63.50M£83.35M£4.28B£5.89B
7 Day Performance3.16%-0.14%-0.46%0.34%
1 Month Performance-4.40%2.88%2.76%55.45%
1 Year Performance25.38%17.77%14.90%154.99%

Kistos Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
KIST
Kistos
1.7838 of 5 stars
GBX 163
-0.3%
GBX 230
+41.1%
+23.6%£135.07M£221.51M-258.7333
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.8172 of 5 stars
GBX 77
-0.5%
GBX 61.50
-20.1%
+512.7%£493.20MN/A1,057.6911News Coverage
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
1.6874 of 5 stars
GBX 189.20
-0.9%
GBX 200
+5.7%
+58.0%£410.01M£163.17M6,044.73471
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.245 of 5 stars
GBX 30.05
+1.0%
GBX 74
+146.3%
+71.9%£372.26MN/A-2,975.2515News Coverage
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 35
-4.1%
N/A-7.8%£320.25M£349.46M350.0089Positive News
Gap Up
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.6681 of 5 stars
GBX 290
flat
GBX 607.50
+109.5%
N/A£304.73M£458.56M517.86189
ENQ
EnQuest
3.6348 of 5 stars
GBX 12.30
+1.2%
GBX 28
+127.6%
-0.2%£228.66M£1.18B251.02681
GENL
Genel Energy
2.3234 of 5 stars
GBX 67
flat
GBX 80
+19.4%
-9.8%£184.47M£72.90M-241.01118Positive News
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
HUR
Hurricane Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660High Trading Volume
I3E
i3 Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/A£152.88M£131.15M1,274.0061
TLW
Tullow Oil
1.7268 of 5 stars
GBX 10.32
-1.7%
GBX 17.33
+68.0%
-58.5%£150.89M£1.28B286.67399

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This page (LON:KIST) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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