PTAL vs. DEC, SQZ, KOS, RKH, GKP, EGY, PANR, ENQ, GENL, and HUR
Should you be buying PetroTal stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PetroTal include Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Pantheon Resources (PANR), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), and Hurricane Energy (HUR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
PetroTal vs. Its Competitors
PetroTal (LON:PTAL) and Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
12.2% of PetroTal shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.4% of PetroTal shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 1 more articles in the media than PetroTal. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diversified Energy and 2 mentions for PetroTal. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat PetroTal's score of 0.78 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than PetroTal. Diversified Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetroTal, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PetroTal has a net margin of 31.88% compared to Diversified Energy's net margin of 20.46%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 25.51% beat PetroTal's return on equity.
PetroTal has a beta of 1.9, suggesting that its stock price is 90% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, suggesting that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.
PetroTal pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. PetroTal pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diversified Energy pays out -43.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
PetroTal beats Diversified Energy on 8 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 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
