RKH vs. SEPL, KOS, SQZ, DEC, PANR, GKP, PTAL, ENQ, EGY, 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), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), EnQuest (ENQ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and Tullow Oil (TLW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rockhopper Exploration vs.
Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Rockhopper Exploration presently has a consensus target price of GBX 37, indicating a potential downside of 18.86%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Seplat Energy.
Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockhopper Exploration received 345 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.25% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote.
6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Seplat Energy and 0 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Rockhopper Exploration's score of 0.00 indicating that Seplat Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
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.
Summary
Rockhopper Exploration beats Seplat Energy on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RKH) was last updated on 5/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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