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Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Competitors

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GBX 87.80 +0.80 (+0.92%)
As of 09/5/2025 12:46 PM Eastern

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

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

In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration had 1 more articles in the media than Energean. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration and 1 mentions for Energean. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Energean's score of 0.59 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Rockhopper Exploration
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Energean
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rockhopper ExplorationN/AN/A£19.71K£0.071,206.04
Energean£1.31B1.25£160.37M£1.01883.66

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rockhopper ExplorationN/A 0.01% -1.19%
Energean 10.25%18.48%7.67%

Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energean has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

4.7% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.1% of Energean shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.4% of Energean shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Rockhopper Exploration presently has a consensus target price of GBX 61.50, indicating a potential downside of 29.95%. Energean has a consensus target price of GBX 940, indicating a potential upside of 5.32%. Given Energean's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Energean is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rockhopper Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Energean
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Summary

Energean beats Rockhopper Exploration on 9 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£562.38M£1.42B£7.71B£2.56B
Dividend Yield2.04%8.08%10.78%5.31%
P/E Ratio1,206.0491.4539.685,361.33
Price / SalesN/A2,140.46566.2495,775.42
Price / Cash4.5686.6436.0727.93
Price / Book2.591.643.857.02
Net Income£19.71K£83.35M£4.28B£5.89B
7 Day Performance9.75%-0.76%-0.88%0.62%
1 Month Performance14.03%3.55%2.98%56.34%
1 Year Performance516.14%18.67%17.25%175.09%

Rockhopper Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.8951 of 5 stars
GBX 87.80
+0.9%
GBX 61.50
-30.0%
+516.1%£562.38MN/A1,206.0411News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
ENOG
Energean
0.6923 of 5 stars
GBX 925.50
-2.2%
GBX 940
+1.6%
-3.9%£1.71B£1.31B916.34590Gap Up
SEPL
Seplat Energy
3.1015 of 5 stars
GBX 249.50
flat
GBX 390.50
+56.5%
+38.7%£1.50B£2.71B-7.79588
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,198.29
-1.0%
N/A+31.2%£711.16M£1.20B-651.241,603Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SQZ
Serica Energy
3.1613 of 5 stars
GBX 179.40
-1.2%
GBX 203
+13.2%
+47.0%£700.60M£570.52M780.001,620
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 129
-2.6%
N/A-60.6%£616.63M£1.49B-4,300.00240Positive News
Gap Up
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
2.3118 of 5 stars
GBX 193.57
-0.2%
GBX 200
+3.3%
+57.3%£419.48M£163.17M6,184.35471
PANR
Pantheon Resources
1.4824 of 5 stars
GBX 29.65
+1.0%
GBX 74
+149.6%
+73.1%£367.30MN/A-2,935.6415News Coverage
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 37.50
+2.0%
N/A-8.2%£343.12M£349.46M375.0089Positive News
Gap Up
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.5611 of 5 stars
GBX 302
+4.1%
GBX 607.50
+101.2%
N/A£317.34M£458.56M539.29189High Trading Volume
ENQ
EnQuest
3.4315 of 5 stars
GBX 12.34
-1.3%
GBX 28
+126.9%
+6.5%£229.41M£1.18B251.84681

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This page (LON:RKH) was last updated on 9/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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