Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) Competitors

Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) and Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, DEC or GKP?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diversified Energy	£699.47M	0.87	£143.09M	£2.12	591.04
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	£115.14M	2.68	-£8.19M	-£0.03	-4,736.67

Does the media favor DEC or GKP?

In the previous week, Diversified Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Diversified Energy and 0 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Diversified Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.00 indicating that Diversified Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Diversified Energy	Positive
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Neutral

Is DEC or GKP a better dividend stock?

Diversified Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 90 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Diversified Energy pays out 4,245.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Which has more risk and volatility, DEC or GKP?

Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate DEC or GKP?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 33.71%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Diversified Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diversified Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor DEC or GKP?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 446 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 65.19% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Diversified Energy	Outperform Votes 9 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Outperform Votes 455 65.19%	Underperform Votes 243 34.81%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DEC or GKP?

78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Diversified 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Is DEC or GKP more profitable?

Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 26.05% beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diversified Energy	20.46%	26.05%	3.52%
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	-7.11%	-1.51%	-0.98%

Summary

Diversified Energy beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.