Kistos (KIST) Competitors GBX 163 -0.50 (-0.31%) As of 03:15 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsHeadlinesBuy This Stock KIST vs. RKH, GKP, PANR, PTAL, EGY, ENQ, GENL, HUR, I3E, and TLWShould 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 Gulf Keystone Petroleum Pantheon Resources PetroTal VAALCO Energy EnQuest Genel Energy Hurricane Energy i3 Energy Tullow Oil 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. Do analysts rate RKH or KIST? 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) 3.00Kistos 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in RKH or KIST? 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. Which has more volatility and risk, RKH or KIST? 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. Is RKH or KIST more profitable? 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% Does the media refer more to RKH or KIST? 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 Which has higher valuation and earnings, RKH or KIST? 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 RatioRockhopper ExplorationN/AN/A£19.71K£0.071,209.62Kistos£221.51M0.61-£63.50M-£0.63-258.73 SummaryRockhopper Exploration beats Kistos on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. 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New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?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. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart KIST vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricKistosOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£135.07M£1.45B£7.87B£2.67BDividend YieldN/A8.10%10.79%5.31%P/E Ratio-258.7390.9939.505,338.44Price / Sales0.612,110.08557.7495,840.27Price / Cash2.4186.6436.0027.93Price / Book1.651.663.866.52Net Income-£63.50M£83.35M£4.28B£5.89B7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)KISTKistos1.7838 of 5 starsGBX 163-0.3%GBX 230+41.1%+23.6%£135.07M£221.51M-258.7333RKHRockhopper Exploration0.8172 of 5 starsGBX 77-0.5%GBX 61.50-20.1%+512.7%£493.20MN/A1,057.6911News CoverageGKPGulf Keystone Petroleum1.6874 of 5 starsGBX 189.20-0.9%GBX 200+5.7%+58.0%£410.01M£163.17M6,044.73471PANRPantheon Resources2.245 of 5 starsGBX 30.05+1.0%GBX 74+146.3%+71.9%£372.26MN/A-2,975.2515News CoveragePTALPetroTalN/AGBX 35-4.1%N/A-7.8%£320.25M£349.46M350.0089Positive NewsGap UpEGYVAALCO Energy2.6681 of 5 starsGBX 290flatGBX 607.50+109.5%N/A£304.73M£458.56M517.86189ENQEnQuest3.6348 of 5 starsGBX 12.30+1.2%GBX 28+127.6%-0.2%£228.66M£1.18B251.02681GENLGenel Energy2.3234 of 5 starsGBX 67flatGBX 80+19.4%-9.8%£184.47M£72.90M-241.01118Positive NewsGap DownHigh Trading VolumeHURHurricane EnergyN/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660High Trading VolumeI3Ei3 EnergyN/AN/AN/AN/A£152.88M£131.15M1,274.0061TLWTullow Oil1.7268 of 5 starsGBX 10.32-1.7%GBX 17.33+68.0%-58.5%£150.89M£1.28B286.67399 Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Rockhopper Exploration Alternatives Gulf Keystone Petroleum Alternatives Pantheon Resources Alternatives PetroTal Alternatives VAALCO Energy Alternatives EnQuest Alternatives Genel Energy Alternatives Hurricane Energy Alternatives i3 Energy Alternatives Tullow Oil Alternatives Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:KIST) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersHow “Trump’s New Dollar” Could Impact Your WealthPresident Trump just signed a game-changing law… That could soon upgrade the U.S. dollar in your checking a...Brownstone Research | SponsoredForget Tesla — This Tiny AI Stock Is Musk’s Real PlayWhile Wall Street focused on Tesla’s earnings, Elon Musk was quietly building a supercomputer so powerful it c...Behind the Markets | SponsoredRetire Comfortably with These New Monthly Income ETFs?Too many retirees lie awake at night, worried their savings won’t last. 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