Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Share Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Rockhopper Exploration plc operates as an oil and gas exploration and production company primarily in the United Kingdom. It engages in the exploration, appraisal, and exploitation of its oil and gas acreage primarily in the North Falkland Basin and the Greater Mediterranean region. The company holds 35% working interest in the PL003a, PL003b, PL004a, PL004b, PL004c, PL005, PL032, PL033 production licenses in North Falkland Basin. It also holds 100% working interest in the PL011, PL012, and PL014 production licenses in the South Falkland Basin. Rockhopper Exploration plc was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Wiltshire, the United Kingdom.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: 66.60 to 67.90
• 50-Day Range: 48.05 to 78
• 52-Week Range: 46.80 to 93.32
• Volume: 672,006 shs
• Average Volume: 3.20 million shs
• Market Capitalization: £721.84 million
• P/E Ratio: 49.27
• Dividend Yield: 2.04%
• Price Target: GBX 135
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Rockhopper Exploration Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Rockhopper Exploration scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Rockhopper Exploration has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 1 buy rating, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 135, representing about 102.1% upside from its current price of GBX 66.80.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Rockhopper Exploration has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Rockhopper Exploration is 48.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.34.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Rockhopper Exploration is 48.76, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Energy sector average P/E ratio of about 21.03.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Rockhopper Exploration has a PEG Ratio of 0.20. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Rockhopper Exploration has a P/B Ratio of 1.97. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for RKH.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Rockhopper Exploration pays a meaningful dividend of 2.04%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Rockhopper Exploration does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.31

News Sentiment

Rockhopper Exploration has a news sentiment score of 0.31. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.59 average news sentiment score of Energy companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Rockhopper Exploration this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Rockhopper Exploration to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 200% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Rockhopper Exploration insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

2.06% of the stock of Rockhopper Exploration is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

0.57% of the stock of Rockhopper Exploration is held by institutions.

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: LON
• Sector: Energy
• Industry: Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels
• Sub-Industry: Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
• Current Symbol: LON:RKH
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.rockhopperexploration.co.uk
• Phone: +44-20-74861677
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 11
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Rockhopper Exploration: GBX 135
• High Price Target: GBX 135
• Low Price Target: GBX 135
• Potential Upside/Downside: +100.0%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 1 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): GBX 1.37
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 49.27
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 0.2
• Net Income: £19.71 thousand
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 2.28%
• Return on Assets: -1.19%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 33.09
• Current Ratio: 3.44
• Quick Ratio: 2.94

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: GBX 14.80 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 4.56
• Book Value: GBX 33.87 per share
• Price / Book: 1.99

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 1,069,386,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: £721.84 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.18