Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor GKP or SEPL?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum received 383 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote while only 65.24% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Outperform Votes 456 65.24%	Underperform Votes 243 34.76%
Seplat Energy	Outperform Votes 73 66.36%	Underperform Votes 37 33.64%

Which has higher valuation & earnings, GKP or SEPL?

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
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	£134.56M	3.73	-£9.57M	-£2.81	-65.74
Seplat Energy	£1.16B	1.09	£99.56M	£11.03	15.69

Do institutionals and insiders believe in GKP or SEPL?

32.5% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 16.8% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is GKP or SEPL 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
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	-7.11%	-1.52%	-0.98%
Seplat Energy	8.59%	4.57%	5.52%

Do analysts prefer GKP or SEPL?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum presently has a consensus price target of GBX 195, suggesting a potential upside of 5.52%. Given Gulf Keystone Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Seplat Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Seplat Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is GKP or SEPL a better dividend stock?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -177.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Which has more volatility & risk, GKP or SEPL?

Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.22, indicating that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, indicating that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor GKP or SEPL?

In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Gulf Keystone Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Seplat Energy and 0 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that Gulf Keystone Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Gulf Keystone Petroleum	Positive
Seplat Energy	Positive

Summary

Gulf Keystone Petroleum and Seplat Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.