Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Competitors

Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) and Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and media sentiment.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in SEPL or RKH?

2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is SEPL or RKH more profitable?

Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Seplat Energy's return on equity of 4.57% beat Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Seplat Energy	8.59%	4.57%	5.52%
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	0.01%	-1.19%

Do analysts prefer SEPL or RKH?

Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus target price of GBX 37, suggesting a potential downside of 13.15%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Rockhopper Exploration 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
Rockhopper Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has better earnings and valuation, SEPL or RKH?

Seplat Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Rockhopper Exploration. Seplat Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, 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	1.17	£99.56M	£11.03	16.89
Rockhopper Exploration	N/A	N/A	£19.71K	£0.00	21,641.94

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SEPL or RKH?

Rockhopper Exploration received 345 more outperform votes than Seplat Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.25% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Seplat Energy	Outperform Votes 73 66.36%	Underperform Votes 37 33.64%
Rockhopper Exploration	Outperform Votes 418 74.25%	Underperform Votes 145 25.75%

Which has more risk & volatility, SEPL or RKH?

Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, suggesting that its share price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor SEPL or RKH?

In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Rockhopper Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Seplat Energy and 1 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.65 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Seplat Energy	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Rockhopper Exploration	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Rockhopper Exploration beats Seplat Energy on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.