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Tullow Oil (TLW) Competitors

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GBX 12.82 -0.14 (-1.08%)
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TLW vs. KOS, SQZ, DEC, PANR, GKP, PTAL, RKH, ENQ, EGY, and GENL

Should you be buying Tullow Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tullow Oil include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), EnQuest (ENQ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), and Genel Energy (GENL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Tullow Oil vs.

Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, valuation and earnings.

Tullow Oil received 1131 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 69.77% of users gave Tullow Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
83
74.11%
Underperform Votes
29
25.89%
Tullow OilOutperform Votes
1214
69.77%
Underperform Votes
526
30.23%

In the previous week, Tullow Oil had 2 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tullow Oil and 0 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Tullow Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Tullow Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy Neutral
Tullow Oil Positive

98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Tullow Oil has a consensus price target of GBX 25, suggesting a potential upside of 95.01%. Given Tullow Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Tullow Oil
1 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Tullow Oil. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tullow Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kosmos Energy£2.32B0.31£283.21M£35.613.34
Tullow Oil£1.97B0.12£19.84M£0.8515.15

Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Tullow Oil pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 31.2%. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tullow Oil pays out 472.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, suggesting that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.22% compared to Tullow Oil's net margin of 1.01%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy12.22% 19.64% 6.82%
Tullow Oil 1.01%-6.32%5.94%

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats Tullow Oil on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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TLW vs. The Competition

MetricTullow OilOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£237.13M£1.25B£6.97B£2.56B
Dividend Yield23.09%7.15%10.61%4.84%
P/E Ratio15.15198.4849.14132.42
Price / Sales0.12106,493.5323,983.52240,284.86
Price / Cash3.2191.6235.5028.16
Price / Book-1.241.413.464.55
Net Income£19.84M£81.68M£4.30B£5.85B
7 Day Performance-2.73%-0.41%0.02%2.72%
1 Month Performance-25.47%-8.03%-6.09%8.66%
1 Year Performance-64.68%20.58%158.10%110.93%

Tullow Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
TLW
Tullow Oil
3.5752 of 5 stars
GBX 12.82
-1.1%
GBX 25
+95.0%
-64.3%£237.13M£1.97B15.15399
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 130
+3.6%
N/AN/A£796.44M£2.32B3.65240Gap Up
SQZ
Serica Energy
N/AGBX 124.80
-1.0%
GBX 208.33
+66.9%
-35.7%£615.04M£824.98M-86.011,620
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 891
+1.2%
N/A-18.0%£568.20M£945.01M3.691,603Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.7757 of 5 stars
GBX 37.05
+4.8%
GBX 85.50
+130.8%
-6.6%£529.18M£22,261.59-34.5715
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
2.4016 of 5 stars
GBX 153.60
+0.5%
GBX 207.50
+35.1%
+36.2%£417.58M£134.56M-54.64471
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 31.50
-1.6%
N/A-34.7%£360.51M£415.33M3.4289
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
0.5444 of 5 stars
GBX 42.60
+1.4%
GBX 37
-13.1%
+255.4%£340.85MN/A21,641.9411Positive News
ENQ
EnQuest
3.6477 of 5 stars
GBX 13.54
-0.7%
GBX 27
+99.4%
-15.6%£312.63M£1.59B15.45681Positive News
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.6387 of 5 stars
GBX 280
flat
GBX 625
+123.2%
N/A£290.47M£482.36M459.02189Positive News
GENL
Genel Energy
2.8806 of 5 stars
GBX 55.30
+7.0%
GBX 92
+66.4%
-35.8%£192.04M£45.31M-9.06118

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