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Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Competitors

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GBX 64.60 +1.80 (+2.87%)
As of 07/25/2025 11:50 AM Eastern

RKH vs. SEPL, KOS, SQZ, DEC, GKP, PTAL, PANR, 88E, ENQ, and TLW

Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Seplat Energy (SEPL), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Pantheon Resources (PANR), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), and Tullow Oil (TLW). 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 better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.

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 0.42 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

2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Seplat Energy£1.16B1.53£99.56M£11.0322.13
Rockhopper ExplorationN/AN/A£19.71K£0.0032,818.53

Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 61.50, suggesting a potential downside of 4.80%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Seplat Energy.

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

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

Summary

Seplat Energy beats Rockhopper Exploration on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RKH vs. The Competition

MetricRockhopper ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£516.88M£1.44B£7.80B£3.02B
Dividend Yield2.04%8.22%10.94%5.02%
P/E Ratio32,818.53268.0467.20160.65
Price / SalesN/A179,198.7439,958.00278,114.27
Price / Cash4.5686.6436.3427.97
Price / Book1.911.684.004.70
Net Income£19.71K£83.35M£4.26B£5.90B
7 Day Performance-1.52%0.51%1.32%0.40%
1 Month Performance31.30%2.02%3.63%7.19%
1 Year Performance327.81%34.85%13.64%70.37%

Rockhopper Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.6244 of 5 stars
GBX 64.60
+2.9%
GBX 61.50
-4.8%
+327.8%£516.88MN/A32,818.5311
SEPL
Seplat Energy
N/AGBX 238
-0.8%
N/A+26.1%£1.73B£1.16B21.58588News Coverage
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 150
+4.9%
N/A-58.3%£918.97M£2.32B4.21240
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.0583 of 5 stars
GBX 163.94
-0.4%
GBX 200
+22.0%
+29.2%£807.94M£824.98M-112.991,620News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,066.88
-0.3%
N/A-11.1%£680.36M£945.01M4.411,603Dividend Announcement
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
2.5617 of 5 stars
GBX 166
-0.7%
GBX 207.50
+25.0%
+24.0%£451.29M£134.56M-59.06471Gap Down
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 37
-1.3%
N/A-10.2%£423.45M£415.33M4.0189
PANR
Pantheon Resources
1.951 of 5 stars
GBX 23.85
+1.5%
GBX 79.50
+233.3%
+39.5%£340.64M£22.26K-22.2515
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.14
-1.3%
N/AN/A£328.36MN/A0.00N/A
ENQ
EnQuest
3.7629 of 5 stars
GBX 13.34
-0.1%
GBX 28
+109.9%
+3.5%£308.02M£1.59B15.22681Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
TLW
Tullow Oil
3.6699 of 5 stars
GBX 15.58
-0.1%
GBX 30.50
+95.8%
-50.1%£288.18M£1.97B18.41399

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This page (LON:RKH) was last updated on 7/27/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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