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Seplat Energy (SEPL) Competitors

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GBX 279 +2.00 (+0.72%)
As of 09/23/2025 12:10 PM Eastern

SEPL vs. HBR, ITH, ENOG, DEC, SQZ, KOS, RKH, GKP, EGY, and PANR

Should you be buying Seplat Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seplat Energy include Harbour Energy (HBR), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Energean (ENOG), Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and Pantheon Resources (PANR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Seplat Energy vs. Its Competitors

Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and risk.

Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.27 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. Seplat Energy pays out -0.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Harbour Energy pays out -91.0% 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. Harbour Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.23, suggesting that its share price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Seplat Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Harbour Energy. Harbour 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Seplat Energy£2.71B0.62£99.56M-£32.01-8.72
Harbour Energy£9.43B0.32£71.42M-£0.29-720.34

In the previous week, Seplat Energy and Seplat Energy both had 1 articles in the media. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Harbour Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Seplat Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Seplat Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Harbour Energy
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 0.86%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 4.57% beat Harbour Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Seplat Energy8.59% 4.57% 5.52%
Harbour Energy 0.86%2.50%3.96%

7.1% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.6% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.4% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Seplat Energy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 390.50, suggesting a potential upside of 39.96%. Harbour Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 267.67, suggesting a potential upside of 26.38%. Given Seplat Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Seplat Energy is more favorable than Harbour Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Seplat Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Harbour Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

Summary

Seplat Energy beats Harbour Energy on 11 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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SEPL vs. The Competition

MetricSeplat EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£1.67B£1.48B£7.87B£2.57B
Dividend Yield4.44%8.10%10.79%5.33%
P/E Ratio-8.7289.6040.525,405.27
Price / Sales0.625,297.161,245.2897,176.40
Price / Cash1.6386.6436.5427.93
Price / Book0.921.694.179.12
Net Income£99.56M£83.35M£4.28B£5.89B
7 Day Performance5.28%1.72%1.56%1.08%
1 Month Performance15.05%3.60%4.38%3.03%
1 Year Performance45.31%18.47%16.20%193.30%

Seplat Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
SEPL
Seplat Energy
3.1657 of 5 stars
GBX 279
+0.7%
GBX 390.50
+40.0%
+46.1%£1.67B£2.71B-8.72588
HBR
Harbour Energy
2.3325 of 5 stars
GBX 220.20
+0.7%
GBX 267.67
+21.6%
-20.1%£3.14B£9.43B-748.911,716News Coverage
Positive News
ITH
Ithaca Energy
1.6686 of 5 stars
GBX 187
+1.0%
N/A+80.3%£3.08B£2.59B-1,764.15220Positive News
ENOG
Energean
1.1439 of 5 stars
GBX 881.54
+3.0%
GBX 940
+6.6%
-3.9%£1.62B£1.25B872.81590News Coverage
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,122.28
-0.8%
N/A+24.0%£867.40M£1.20B-421.911,603News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
SQZ
Serica Energy
3.6716 of 5 stars
GBX 164.60
+3.0%
GBX 208
+26.4%
+20.6%£642.81M£570.52M-2,057.501,620Gap Down
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 118
-1.7%
N/A-57.8%£564.34M£1.49B-347.06240
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.8724 of 5 stars
GBX 76
+3.5%
GBX 61.50
-19.1%
+417.1%£486.80MN/A1,043.9611High Trading Volume
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
1.6452 of 5 stars
GBX 176.40
+4.0%
GBX 200
+13.4%
+78.1%£382.44M£163.17M-46,421.05471Trending News
EGY
VAALCO Energy
1.9478 of 5 stars
GBX 306
+5.5%
GBX 607.50
+98.5%
N/A£319.03M£458.56M827.03189Gap Up
PANR
Pantheon Resources
1.7079 of 5 stars
GBX 25.15
-2.3%
GBX 70
+178.3%
+59.6%£311.56MN/A-2,490.1015

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This page (LON:SEPL) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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