RKH vs. SEPL, ENOG, DEC, SQZ, KOS, GKP, EGY, PANR, PTAL, and ENQ
Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Seplat Energy (SEPL), Energean (ENOG), Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), and EnQuest (ENQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rockhopper Exploration vs. Its Competitors
Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) 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.
Seplat Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
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.
Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
4.7% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.1% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rockhopper Exploration currently has a consensus target price of GBX 90, suggesting a potential upside of 22.28%. Seplat Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 437.50, suggesting a potential upside of 45.83%. Given Seplat Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Seplat Energy is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.
In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration had 2 more articles in the media than Seplat Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration and 2 mentions for Seplat Energy. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Rockhopper Exploration's score of 0.99 indicating that Seplat Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Seplat Energy beats Rockhopper Exploration on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:RKH) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
