Tullow Oil (TLW) Competitors

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

Does the media prefer SEPL or TLW?

In the previous week, Seplat Energy and Seplat Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat Tullow Oil'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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Tullow Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do institutionals & insiders believe in SEPL or TLW?

2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SEPL or TLW more profitable?

Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Tullow Oil's net margin of 1.01%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 5.12% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seplat Energy	8.59%	5.12%	5.52%
Tullow Oil	1.01%	N/A	5.94%

Which has more volatility and risk, SEPL or TLW?

Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend SEPL or TLW?

Tullow Oil has a consensus target price of GBX 25, suggesting a potential upside of 21.01%. Given Tullow Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Seplat Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Seplat 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)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.00

Is SEPL or TLW a better dividend stock?

Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Tullow Oil pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.4%. Seplat Energy pays out 8,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SEPL or TLW?

Tullow Oil received 1137 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.74% of users gave Tullow Oil an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seplat Energy	Outperform Votes 73 66.36%	Underperform Votes 37 33.64%
Tullow Oil	Outperform Votes 1210 69.74%	Underperform Votes 525 30.26%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, SEPL or TLW?

Seplat Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Tullow Oil.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Seplat Energy	£935.90M	1.34	£80.38M	£0.11	1,936.36
Tullow Oil	£1.62B	0.19	£16.30M	N/A	N/A

Summary

Tullow Oil beats Seplat Energy on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.