Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings & valuation, SEPL or GKP?

Seplat Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Seplat 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
Seplat Energy	£1.16B	1.48	£99.56M	£11.03	21.33
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	£134.56M	3.43	-£9.57M	-£2.81	-60.40

Do analysts recommend SEPL or GKP?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus target price of GBX 207.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.22%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum 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
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is SEPL or GKP a better dividend stock?

Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Seplat Energy pays out 81.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -177.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Is SEPL or GKP more profitable?

Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 4.57% beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seplat Energy	8.59%	4.57%	5.52%
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	-7.11%	-1.52%	-0.98%

Which has more risk & volatility, SEPL or GKP?

Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its share price is 55% 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 insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SEPL or GKP?

2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held 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.

Does the media prefer SEPL or GKP?

In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Seplat Energy and 2 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Seplat Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of -0.07 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	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Seplat Energy beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.