RKH vs. KOS, SQZ, DEC, GKP, PTAL, PANR, 88E, ENQ, TLW, and EGY
Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Pantheon Resources (PANR), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), Tullow Oil (TLW), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rockhopper Exploration vs. Its Competitors
Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Rockhopper Exploration currently has a consensus price target of GBX 61.50, indicating a potential upside of 20.97%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 1 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.92 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.
6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Rockhopper Exploration. Kosmos 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.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.22% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Rockhopper Exploration on 9 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 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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