Tullow Oil (TLW) Competitors GBX 10.16 +0.34 (+3.46%) As of 10/24/2025 11:56 AM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsHeadlinesInsider TradesBuy This Stock TLW vs. GKP, PANR, PTAL, EGY, ENQ, GENL, HUR, I3E, KIST, and CNEShould you be buying Tullow Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tullow Oil include Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), VAALCO Energy (EGY), EnQuest (ENQ), Genel Energy (GENL), Hurricane Energy (HUR), i3 Energy (I3E), Kistos (KIST), and Capricorn Energy (CNE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry. Tullow Oil vs. Its Competitors Gulf Keystone Petroleum Pantheon Resources PetroTal VAALCO Energy EnQuest Genel Energy Hurricane Energy i3 Energy Kistos Capricorn Energy Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) and Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and dividends. Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of TLW or GKP? 41.5% of Tullow Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 19.4% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Tullow Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, TLW or GKP? Tullow Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum 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 RatioTullow Oil£1.28B0.12£19.84M-£14.00-0.73Gulf Keystone Petroleum£163.17M2.37-£9.57M-£0.38-470.00 Is TLW or GKP more profitable? Tullow Oil has a net margin of 1.01% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity of -1.52% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets Tullow Oil1.01% -6.32% 5.94% Gulf Keystone Petroleum -7.11%-1.52%-0.98% Which has more risk and volatility, TLW or GKP? Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Do analysts rate TLW or GKP? Tullow Oil currently has a consensus price target of GBX 15.33, suggesting a potential upside of 50.92%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus price target of GBX 257, suggesting a potential upside of 43.90%. Given Tullow Oil's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Gulf Keystone Petroleum.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Tullow Oil 1 Sell rating(s) 1 Hold rating(s) 1 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00Gulf Keystone Petroleum 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 2 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 Does the media prefer TLW or GKP? In the previous week, Tullow Oil had 35 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Tullow Oil and 1 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Tullow Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.04 indicating that Tullow Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Tullow Oil 3 Very Positive mention(s) 10 Positive mention(s) 20 Neutral mention(s) 2 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Gulf Keystone Petroleum 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral SummaryTullow Oil beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 10 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Tullow Oil News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for TLW and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Subscribe Now View SMS TermsBy entering your phone number and clicking the sign-up button, you agree to receive periodic text messages from MarketBeat at the phone number you submitted, including texts that may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system. Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency will vary. 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The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart TLW vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricTullow OilOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON ExchangeMarket Cap£148.85M£1.45B£7.97B£2.66BDividend Yield23.09%8.04%10.82%5.35%P/E Ratio-0.739.3116.39400.09Price / Sales0.124,797.651,529.7898,316.30Price / Cash3.2186.0436.5927.90Price / Book-0.991.814.477.26Net Income£19.84M£82.88M£4.26B£5.88B7 Day Performance0.98%2.24%2.59%1.06%1 Month Performance-6.62%1.06%0.43%1.71%1 Year Performance-59.62%21.05%17.34%111.51% Tullow Oil Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)TLWTullow Oil2.3895 of 5 starsGBX 10.16+3.5%GBX 15.33+50.9%-58.6%£148.85M£1.28B-0.73399Trending NewsGap UpGKPGulf Keystone Petroleum3.4469 of 5 starsGBX 177-0.6%GBX 257+45.2%+39.5%£383.75M£163.17M-465.79471Gap DownPANRPantheon Resources2.2587 of 5 starsGBX 26.67+2.2%GBX 66+147.4%+74.1%£356.04MN/A-26.4115Positive NewsPTALPetroTalN/AGBX 32.55-1.4%N/A-4.0%£297.59M£349.46M4.0789Positive NewsEGYVAALCO Energy2.6446 of 5 starsGBX 281-3.1%GBX 607.50+116.2%N/A£292.97M£458.56M7.59189Positive NewsGap UpENQEnQuest3.8195 of 5 starsGBX 9.92+0.6%GBX 24+142.0%+3.0%£184.38M£1.14B-1.65681GENLGenel Energy3.1529 of 5 starsGBX 63.47+1.2%GBX 85+33.9%-10.4%£174.76M£72.90M-3.22118Gap DownHURHurricane EnergyN/AN/AN/AN/A£155.02M£275.50M194.755,660News CoverageHigh Trading VolumeI3Ei3 EnergyN/AN/AN/AN/A£152.88M£131.15M1,274.0061KISTKistos1.8355 of 5 starsGBX 157-0.3%GBX 230+46.5%+65.7%£130.10M£197.15M-2.7533News CoverageAnalyst ForecastCNECapricorn Energy3.104 of 5 starsGBX 189.50+0.3%GBX 369.33+94.9%-1.6%£129.97M£126.70M63.17172News CoverageGap Up Related Companies and Tools Related Companies Gulf Keystone Petroleum Competitors Pantheon Resources Competitors PetroTal Competitors VAALCO Energy Competitors EnQuest Competitors Genel Energy Competitors Hurricane Energy Competitors i3 Energy Competitors Kistos Competitors Capricorn Energy Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (LON:TLW) was last updated on 10/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersNEW LAW: Congress Approves Setup For Digital Dollar?Trump Ally Says Congress Approved the Setup for a Digital Dollar 2.0 But according to Rep. 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