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Rockhopper Exploration (RKH) Competitors

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GBX 74.40 -0.60 (-0.80%)
As of 08/5/2025 12:38 PM Eastern

RKH vs. ENOG, SEPL, KOS, SQZ, DEC, GKP, PTAL, PANR, 88E, and ENQ

Should you be buying Rockhopper Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Rockhopper Exploration include Energean (ENOG), Seplat Energy (SEPL), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), PetroTal (PTAL), Pantheon Resources (PANR), 88 Energy (88E), and EnQuest (ENQ). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Rockhopper Exploration vs. Its Competitors

Rockhopper Exploration (LON:RKH) and Energean (LON:ENOG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk and valuation.

6.9% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.1% of Energean shares are held by institutional investors. 19.2% of Rockhopper Exploration shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.4% of Energean shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Rockhopper Exploration has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Energean has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Energean has higher revenue and earnings than Rockhopper Exploration. Energean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Rockhopper Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Rockhopper ExplorationN/AN/A£19.71K£0.0037,797.20
Energean£1.56B1.35£160.37M£55.0716.61

Rockhopper Exploration presently has a consensus price target of GBX 61.50, indicating a potential downside of 17.34%. Energean has a consensus price target of GBX 940, indicating a potential upside of 2.73%. Given Energean's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Energean is more favorable than Rockhopper Exploration.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Rockhopper Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Energean
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

Energean has a net margin of 10.25% compared to Rockhopper Exploration's net margin of 0.00%. Energean's return on equity of 18.48% beat Rockhopper Exploration's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Rockhopper ExplorationN/A 0.01% -1.19%
Energean 10.25%18.48%7.67%

In the previous week, Rockhopper Exploration had 9 more articles in the media than Energean. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Rockhopper Exploration and 2 mentions for Energean. Rockhopper Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Energean's score of 0.00 indicating that Rockhopper Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Summary

Energean beats Rockhopper Exploration on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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RKH vs. The Competition

MetricRockhopper ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£595.29M£1.43B£7.78B£3.06B
Dividend Yield2.04%8.22%10.96%5.02%
P/E Ratio37,797.20302.9375.32169.43
Price / SalesN/A100,548.4522,498.68327,336.00
Price / Cash4.5686.6435.8327.97
Price / Book2.201.703.984.54
Net Income£19.71K£83.35M£4.26B£5.90B
7 Day Performance3.91%1.05%-0.41%0.91%
1 Month Performance27.40%3.25%1.10%11.86%
1 Year Performance451.11%42.42%19.20%71.66%

Rockhopper Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
RKH
Rockhopper Exploration
1.3096 of 5 stars
GBX 74.40
-0.8%
GBX 61.50
-17.3%
+441.1%£595.29MN/A37,797.2011
ENOG
Energean
0.9291 of 5 stars
GBX 922.50
flat
GBX 940
+1.9%
+2.0%£2.13B£1.56B16.75590
SEPL
Seplat Energy
3.6158 of 5 stars
GBX 240
flat
N/A+52.3%£1.75B£1.16B21.77588News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 169
-3.2%
N/A-59.9%£1.04B£2.32B4.75240News Coverage
Earnings Report
SQZ
Serica Energy
2.5522 of 5 stars
GBX 177
+2.8%
GBX 207
+16.9%
+36.5%£872.30M£824.98M-121.991,620News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,162
+2.3%
N/A+0.8%£741.03M£945.01M4.811,603Dividend Announcement
High Trading Volume
GKP
Gulf Keystone Petroleum
N/AGBX 166.52
+0.1%
GBX 207.50
+24.6%
+34.6%£452.70M£134.56M-59.24471
PTAL
PetroTal
N/AGBX 38.85
+2.2%
N/A+1.6%£444.62M£415.33M4.2289
PANR
Pantheon Resources
2.0099 of 5 stars
GBX 22.60
-0.9%
GBX 79.50
+251.8%
+42.2%£322.79M£22.26K-21.0815
88E
88 Energy
N/AGBX 1.12
-0.9%
N/AN/A£322.57MN/A0.00N/A
ENQ
EnQuest
3.6227 of 5 stars
GBX 13.96
+1.5%
GBX 28
+100.6%
+4.2%£322.33M£1.59B15.93681Gap Down
High Trading Volume

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This page (LON:RKH) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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