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El Paso (EP) Competitors

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EP vs. KOS, GRNT, ANNA, DEC, TXO, REPX, VTLE, TTI, SD, and EGY

Should you be buying El Paso stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of El Paso include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT), AleAnna Inc - Class A (ANNA), Diversified Energy (DEC), TXO Partners (TXO), Riley Exploration Permian (REPX), Vital Energy (VTLE), TETRA Technologies (TTI), SandRidge Energy (SD), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.

El Paso vs.

Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and El Paso (NYSE:EP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.21% compared to El Paso's net margin of 0.00%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 31.08% beat El Paso's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy12.21% 31.08% 6.53%
El Paso N/A N/A N/A

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, El Paso has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus target price of $4.93, suggesting a potential upside of 191.05%. Given Kosmos Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than El Paso.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Kosmos Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
El Paso
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Kosmos Energy received 425 more outperform votes than El Paso when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.88% of users gave El Paso an outperform vote while only 64.31% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
528
64.31%
Underperform Votes
293
35.69%
El PasoOutperform Votes
103
66.88%
Underperform Votes
51
33.12%

95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.0% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 27.8% of El Paso shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kosmos Energy$1.55B0.52$213.52M-$0.03-56.50
El Paso$40.08M3.74-$20.85M-$0.62-7.19

In the previous week, El Paso had 5 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for El Paso and 8 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat El Paso's score of 0.00 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Kosmos Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
El Paso
3 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats El Paso on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EP vs. The Competition

MetricEl PasoCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$214.57M$7.70B$7.36B$19.40B
Dividend YieldN/A24.90%11.18%3.91%
P/E Ratio-6.6210.4555.3434.83
Price / Sales3.747.3324,564.0242.55
Price / CashN/A7.3835.5417.51
Price / BookN/A1.583.644.74
Net Income-$20.85M$1.10B$4.31B$1.02B

El Paso Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EP
El Paso
N/A$4.46
-30.9%
N/A-46.8%$214.57M$40.08M-6.62N/AGap Up
KOS
Kosmos Energy
3.8669 of 5 stars
$1.73
-1.4%
$4.93
+186.0%
-70.5%$824.57M$1.55B3.92240Positive News
GRNT
Granite Ridge Resources
3.9798 of 5 stars
$5.57
-1.4%
$7.33
+31.7%
-12.7%$730.42M$413.97M15.471
ANNA
AleAnna Inc - Class A
N/A$10.02
+0.2%
N/AN/A$665.79M$2.06M-501.00N/ANews Coverage
Positive News
DEC
Diversified Energy
3.4101 of 5 stars
$13.77
+0.4%
$20.75
+50.7%
+1.2%$664.04M$794.84M0.001,603Positive News
TXO
TXO Partners
3.9727 of 5 stars
$15.21
+0.1%
$20.00
+31.5%
-28.0%$629.21M$299.70M-2.56170Short Interest ↑
High Trading Volume
REPX
Riley Exploration Permian
4.5313 of 5 stars
$27.02
-2.6%
$47.00
+73.9%
+2.6%$610.92M$412.89M4.7950Positive News
VTLE
Vital Energy
3.0784 of 5 stars
$15.49
-5.6%
$30.36
+96.0%
-67.7%$600.52M$1.98B-3.26290Positive News
Short Interest ↑
TTI
TETRA Technologies
3.956 of 5 stars
$2.92
-1.0%
$5.25
+79.8%
-24.5%$388.57M$605.28M146.071,300Positive News
SD
SandRidge Energy
3.6244 of 5 stars
$9.96
-2.8%
N/A-27.3%$365.40M$137.61M7.78100Positive News
Gap Down
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.9918 of 5 stars
$3.43
-1.7%
$8.00
+133.2%
-44.7%$356.10M$489.16M4.04120Positive News

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This page (NYSE:EP) was last updated on 5/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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