PTAL vs. KOS, SQZ, DEC, GKP, PANR, RKH, TLW, 88E, ENQ, and EGY
Should you be buying PetroTal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetroTal include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Tullow Oil (TLW), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
PetroTal vs. Its Competitors
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and PetroTal (LON:PTAL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership and dividends.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. PetroTal pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.3%. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PetroTal pays out 54.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Kosmos Energy received 47 more outperform votes than PetroTal when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 87.80% of users gave PetroTal an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PetroTal. PetroTal is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PetroTal has a beta of 1.9, indicating that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PetroTal has a net margin of 31.88% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 12.22%. PetroTal's return on equity of 22.73% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.
98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.1% of PetroTal shares are held by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of PetroTal shares are held by 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.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy and Kosmos Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat PetroTal's score of 0.00 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats PetroTal on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:PTAL) was last updated on 6/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
