RKH vs. DEC, SQZ, PANR, EGY, SAVE, PTAL, GKP, TLW, ENQ, and CNE
Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), Pantheon Resources (PANR), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Savannah Energy (SAVE), PetroTal (PTAL), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Tullow Oil (TLW), EnQuest (ENQ), and Capricorn Energy (CNE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Rockhopper Exploration vs.
Diversified Energy (LON:DEC) and Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
Diversified Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Rockhopper Exploration. Diversified 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.
Diversified Energy has a net margin of 20.46% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Diversified Energy's return on equity of 26.05% beat Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity.
Diversified Energy has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its share price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Rockhopper Exploration received 409 more outperform votes than Diversified Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Diversified Energy an outperform vote while only 74.25% of users gave Rockhopper Exploration an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration had 9 more articles in the media than Diversified Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration and 6 mentions for Diversified Energy. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Diversified Energy's score of 0.90 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Rockhopper Exploration has a consensus price target of GBX 37, indicating a potential upside of 9.43%. Given Rockhopper Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Rockhopper Exploration is more favorable than Diversified Energy.
78.5% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Diversified Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Rockhopper Exploration beats Diversified Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:RKH) was last updated on 1/31/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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