GKP vs. KOS, SEPL, DEC, SQZ, PANR, EGY, SAVE, PTAL, TLW, 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), Pantheon Resources (PANR), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Savannah Energy (SAVE), PetroTal (PTAL), Tullow Oil (TLW), and EnQuest (ENQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum vs.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) and Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
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.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum currently has a consensus target price of GBX 195, indicating a potential upside of 14.30%. Kosmos Energy has a consensus target price of GBX 610, indicating a potential upside of 129.06%. Given Kosmos Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Gulf Keystone Petroleum.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.
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.
In the previous week, Gulf Keystone Petroleum had 1 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum and 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Kosmos Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's score of 0.19 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 373 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 74.11% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.
32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, suggesting that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, suggesting that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Gulf Keystone Petroleum on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:GKP) was last updated on 2/1/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
