TLW vs. RKH, GKP, EGY, PANR, PTAL, ENQ, GENL, HUR, I3E, and CNE
Should you be buying Tullow Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tullow Oil include Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), and Capricorn Energy (CNE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Tullow Oil vs. Its Competitors
Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Tullow Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Rockhopper Exploration. Tullow Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
4.7% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of Tullow Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 3.4% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Tullow Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Tullow Oil has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity of 0.01% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.
Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less 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.
In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration had 4 more articles in the media than Tullow Oil. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration and 0 mentions for Tullow Oil. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat Tullow Oil's score of 0.00 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Rockhopper Exploration currently has a consensus target price of GBX 90, suggesting a potential upside of 22.95%. Tullow Oil has a consensus target price of GBX 17.33, suggesting a potential upside of 62.33%. Given Tullow Oil's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.
Summary
Rockhopper Exploration and Tullow Oil tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TLW) was last updated on 10/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
