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Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Competitors

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GBX 78.35 +2.75 (+3.64%)
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RKH vs. SEPL, ENOG, SQZ, DEC, KOS, GKP, PANR, EGY, 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), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), VAALCO Energy (EGY), PetroTal (PTAL), and EnQuest (ENQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Rockhopper Exploration vs. Its Competitors

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Seplat Energy£2.71B0.66£99.56M-£32.01-9.28
Rockhopper ExplorationN/AN/A£19.71K-£0.11-692.17

Seplat Energy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 437.50, suggesting a potential upside of 47.31%. Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.86%. Given Seplat Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Seplat Energy is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.

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

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
Seplat Energy8.59% 4.57% 5.52%
Rockhopper Exploration N/A 0.01%-1.19%

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

7.1% of Seplat Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 4.7% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 16.4% of Seplat Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.4% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Seplat Energy and 0 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Rockhopper Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Seplat Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Seplat Energy Neutral
Rockhopper Exploration Neutral

Summary

Seplat Energy beats Rockhopper Exploration on 12 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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RKH vs. The Competition

MetricRockhopper ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£501.88M£1.43B£7.73B£2.59B
Dividend Yield2.04%8.05%10.84%5.32%
P/E Ratio-692.17266.3874.944,418.40
Price / SalesN/A4,869.921,470.89101,543.57
Price / Cash4.5686.0436.8827.90
Price / Book2.311.814.938.24
Net Income£19.71K£82.71M£4.27B£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.88%-2.34%-1.59%0.32%
1 Month Performance6.75%1.78%3.21%2.22%
1 Year Performance502.72%24.45%20.25%141.92%

Rockhopper Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
1.1968 of 5 stars
GBX 78.35
+3.6%
GBX 90
+14.9%
+483.8%£501.88MN/A-692.1711
SEPL
Seplat Energy
3.1547 of 5 stars
GBX 299.15
-0.3%
GBX 437.50
+46.2%
+43.3%£1.79B£2.71B-9.35588High Trading Volume
ENOG
Energean
N/AGBX 828
+0.1%
GBX 940
+13.5%
-2.6%£1.53B£1.25B739.29590News Coverage
High Trading Volume
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.6557 of 5 stars
GBX 213
+0.9%
GBX 212
-0.5%
+26.6%£831.82M£570.52M-2,662.501,620Positive News
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 993
-2.0%
N/A+5.8%£759.46M£1.20B-373.311,603Positive News
Dividend Announcement
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 137
+3.4%
N/A-65.0%£655.21M£1.49B-402.94240Gap Up
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
2.9398 of 5 stars
GBX 205.50
-2.1%
GBX 220
+7.1%
+40.1%£445.53M£163.17M-54,078.95471Gap Up
High Trading Volume
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.1503 of 5 stars
GBX 24.50
-2.0%
GBX 66
+169.4%
+57.3%£327.02MN/A-2,425.7415Positive News
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.743 of 5 stars
GBX 312
+0.6%
GBX 607.50
+94.7%
-35.7%£325.29M£458.56M843.24189Positive News
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 33.50
+2.1%
N/A-14.9%£306.27M£349.46M418.7589News Coverage
ENQ
EnQuest
3.8431 of 5 stars
GBX 11.22
-0.9%
GBX 24
+113.9%
-4.6%£208.59M£1.14B-187.00681News Coverage
Insider Trade

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This page (LON:RKH) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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