SEPL vs. ITH, HBR, ENOG, SQZ, DEC, KOS, RKH, GKP, PANR, and EGY
Should you be buying Seplat Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seplat Energy include Ithaca Energy (ITH), Harbour Energy (HBR), Energean (ENOG), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Seplat Energy vs. Its Competitors
Ithaca Energy (LON:ITH) and Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and dividends.
Ithaca Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 200, indicating a potential upside of 9.27%. Seplat Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 437.50, indicating a potential upside of 47.31%. Given Seplat Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Seplat Energy is more favorable than Ithaca Energy.
Ithaca Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Ithaca Energy pays out -208.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Seplat Energy pays out -0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ithaca Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Ithaca Energy's net margin of 6.48%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 4.57% beat Ithaca Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Ithaca Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Seplat Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ithaca Energy and 2 mentions for Seplat Energy. Ithaca Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.34 indicating that Ithaca Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
3.0% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.1% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Ithaca Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.4% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ithaca Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Seplat Energy. Ithaca Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Seplat Energy beats Ithaca Energy on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:SEPL) was last updated on 10/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
