Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Competitors

Energean (LON:ENOG) and Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ENOG or RKH?

53.1% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 24.4% of Energean shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, ENOG or RKH?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Energean	£1.56B	1.36	£160.37M	£55.07	16.70
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	N/A	£19.71K	£0.00	37,898.80

Which has more volatility and risk, ENOG or RKH?

Energean has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ENOG or RKH more profitable?

Energean has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Energean's return on equity of 18.48% beat Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Energean	10.25%	18.48%	7.67%
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	0.01%	-1.19%

Do analysts prefer ENOG or RKH?

Energean currently has a consensus target price of GBX 940, suggesting a potential upside of 2.24%. Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 61.50, suggesting a potential downside of 17.56%. Given Energean's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Energean is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Energean	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Rockhopper Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media favor ENOG or RKH?

In the previous week, Energean had 1 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Energean and 1 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Energean's score of 0.76 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Summary

Energean beats Rockhopper Exploration on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.