EGY vs. KOS, SEPL, DEC, SQZ, PANR, PTAL, GKP, SAVE, TLW, and RKH
Should you be buying VAALCO Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of VAALCO Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Tullow Oil (TLW), and Rockhopper Exploration (RKH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
VAALCO Energy vs.
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and VAALCO Energy (LON:EGY) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, dividends and profitability.
Kosmos Energy received 71 more outperform votes than VAALCO Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave VAALCO Energy an outperform vote while only 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
VAALCO Energy has a net margin of 17.82% compared to Kosmos Energy's net margin of 13.56%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 25.25% beat VAALCO Energy's return on equity.
Kosmos Energy currently has a consensus target price of GBX 610, indicating a potential upside of 121.01%. VAALCO Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 685, indicating a potential upside of 104.48%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than VAALCO Energy.
98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.4% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of VAALCO Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. VAALCO Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 19 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Kosmos Energy pays out 3,414.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VAALCO Energy pays out 3,114.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. VAALCO Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, meaning that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, VAALCO Energy has a beta of 1.17, meaning that its share price is 17% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than VAALCO Energy. VAALCO Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than VAALCO Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 0 mentions for VAALCO Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat VAALCO Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats VAALCO Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:EGY) was last updated on 1/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
