Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Competitors

Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of RKH or SEPL?

6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, RKH or SEPL?

Seplat Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Rockhopper Exploration. Seplat Energy 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
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	N/A	£19.71K	£0.00	27,941.48
Seplat Energy	£1.16B	1.24	£99.56M	£11.03	17.92

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer RKH or SEPL?

Rockhopper Exploration received 345 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.25% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Rockhopper Exploration	Outperform Votes 418 74.25%	Underperform Votes 145 25.75%
Seplat Energy	Outperform Votes 73 66.36%	Underperform Votes 37 33.64%

Does the media refer more to RKH or SEPL?

In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Seplat Energy and 1 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.83 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	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Seplat Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, RKH or SEPL?

Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RKH or SEPL more profitable?

Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 4.57% beat Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	0.01%	-1.19%
Seplat Energy	8.59%	4.57%	5.52%

Do analysts rate RKH or SEPL?

Rockhopper Exploration currently has a consensus target price of GBX 37, indicating a potential downside of 32.73%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Seplat Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Rockhopper Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Seplat Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

Rockhopper Exploration beats Seplat Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.