PTAL vs. SEPL, KOS, SQZ, DEC, GKP, RKH, 88E, PANR, ENQ, and TLW
Should you be buying PetroTal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetroTal include Seplat Energy (SEPL), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), 88 Energy (88E), Pantheon Resources (PANR), EnQuest (ENQ), and Tullow Oil (TLW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
PetroTal vs. Its Competitors
PetroTal (LON:PTAL) and Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.
PetroTal has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Seplat Energy. PetroTal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
16.1% of PetroTal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of PetroTal shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
PetroTal has a net margin of 31.88% compared to Seplat Energy's net margin of 8.59%. PetroTal's return on equity of 22.73% beat Seplat Energy's return on equity.
PetroTal pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.6%. Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. PetroTal pays out 54.2% 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. PetroTal is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
PetroTal has a beta of 1.9, meaning that its share price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 2 more articles in the media than PetroTal. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Seplat Energy and 1 mentions for PetroTal. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat PetroTal's score of 0.67 indicating that Seplat Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
PetroTal beats Seplat Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PTAL) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
