ZEN vs. GKP, PTAL, PANR, RKH, TLW, 88E, ENQ, EGY, CNE, and GENL
Should you be buying Zenith Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zenith Energy include Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Pantheon Resources (PANR), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), Tullow Oil (TLW), 88 Energy (88E), EnQuest (ENQ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Capricorn Energy (CNE), and Genel Energy (GENL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Zenith Energy vs. Its Competitors
Zenith Energy (LON:ZEN) and Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a net margin of -7.11% compared to Zenith Energy's net margin of -3,414.81%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity of -1.52% beat Zenith Energy's return on equity.
7.0% of Zenith Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.7% of Zenith Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Zenith Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Zenith Energy and 2 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Zenith Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of -0.45 indicating that Zenith Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Zenith Energy has a beta of 0.97, indicating that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 321 more outperform votes than Zenith Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.29% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote while only 65.07% of users gave Zenith Energy an outperform vote.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.67%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Zenith Energy.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Zenith Energy. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Zenith Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gulf Keystone Petroleum beats Zenith Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. 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.
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This page (LON:ZEN) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
