RKH vs. ENOG, SEPL, DEC, SQZ, KOS, GKP, PANR, PTAL, EGY, and ENQ
Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Energean (ENOG), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and EnQuest (ENQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rockhopper Exploration vs. Its Competitors
Energean (LON:ENOG) and Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.
Energean currently has a consensus target price of GBX 940, suggesting a potential upside of 9.05%. Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 61.50, suggesting a potential downside of 17.56%. Given Energean's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Energean is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.
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.
26.1% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 19.4% of Energean shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Energean has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Energean had 6 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Energean and 1 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Energean's score of -0.14 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Energean beats Rockhopper Exploration on 10 of the 15 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 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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