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Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) Competitors

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GBX 133.20 -1.30 (-0.97%)
(As of 12/20/2024 11:56 AM ET)

GKP vs. KOS, SEPL, DEC, SQZ, EGY, SAVE, TLW, PANR, PTAL, and ENQ

Should you be buying Gulf Keystone Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Keystone Petroleum include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Tullow Oil (TLW), Pantheon Resources (PANR), PetroTal (PTAL), and EnQuest (ENQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum vs.

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

Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 372 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 65.19% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Kosmos EnergyOutperform Votes
83
74.11%
Underperform Votes
29
25.89%
Gulf Keystone PetroleumOutperform Votes
455
65.19%
Underperform Votes
243
34.81%

Kosmos Energy presently has a consensus target price of GBX 610, suggesting a potential upside of 145.79%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus target price of GBX 190, suggesting a potential upside of 42.64%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Gulf Keystone Petroleum.

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

Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 13.56% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -7.11%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 25.25% beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Kosmos Energy13.56% 25.25% 6.82%
Gulf Keystone Petroleum -7.11%-1.51%-0.98%

In the previous week, Gulf Keystone Petroleum had 1 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum and 2 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.22 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
0 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Kosmos Energy£1.90B0.62£258.32M£0.41605.32
Gulf Keystone Petroleum£115.14M2.51-£8.19M-£0.03-4,440.00

Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. 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. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Kosmos Energy beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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GKP vs. The Competition

MetricGulf Keystone PetroleumOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£288.80M£1.33B£3.82B£1.88B
Dividend Yield4.18%6.89%6.63%5.68%
P/E Ratio-4,440.00107.1395.811,808.56
Price / Sales2.5121,959.5615,664.74381,933.69
Price / Cash1.8692.2772.3328.33
Price / Book0.561.351.472.93
Net Income-£8.19M£102.10M£424.42M£156.72M
7 Day Performance-4.99%-3.37%-3.59%-1.92%
1 Month Performance-7.56%-4.75%-4.66%17.85%
1 Year Performance1.45%-6.16%-1.25%29.41%

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
3.1351 of 5 stars
GBX 133.20
-1.0%
GBX 190
+42.6%
+3.7%£288.80M£115.14M-4,440.00471
KOS
Kosmos Energy
3.0577 of 5 stars
GBX 238
-13.1%
GBX 610
+156.3%
-54.3%£1.12B£1.90B604.88240Gap Down
High Trading Volume
SEPL
Seplat Energy
N/AGBX 190
+0.3%
N/A+60.0%£1.12B£935.90M1,722.73588Insider Trade
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,265
-4.7%
N/A+12.7%£613.65M£699.47M626.421,603Positive News
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.1786 of 5 stars
GBX 133.10
-3.0%
GBX 225
+69.0%
-41.7%£519.66M£839.24M722.111,620
EGY
VAALCO Energy
2.6521 of 5 stars
GBX 400
-3.6%
GBX 685
+71.3%
N/A£414.96M£482.36M655.74189Positive News
SAVE
Savannah Energy
N/AGBX 26.25
flat
N/AN/A£343.88M£215.24M-2,625.0011,100
TLW
Tullow Oil
1.6047 of 5 stars
GBX 23.30
-1.2%
GBX 25
+7.3%
-46.5%£340.18M£1.62B-450.33399
PANR
Pantheon Resources
1.8756 of 5 stars
GBX 27.05
-1.6%
GBX 85
+214.2%
+2.8%£305.67M£85,312.00-3,070.0015
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 33
+1.5%
N/A-36.8%£301.69M£321.86M300.0089
ENQ
EnQuest
3.1476 of 5 stars
GBX 10.68
+0.2%
GBX 27
+152.8%
-18.6%£203.99M£1.30B-1,066.00681News Coverage

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