SEPL vs. HBR, ENOG, ITH, KOS, DEC, SQZ, EGY, SAVE, TLW, and PANR
Should you be buying Seplat Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Seplat Energy include Harbour Energy (HBR), Energean (ENOG), Ithaca Energy (ITH), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Diversified Energy (DEC), Serica Energy (SQZ), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Tullow Oil (TLW), and Pantheon Resources (PANR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Seplat Energy vs.
Seplat Energy (LON:SEPL) and Harbour Energy (LON:HBR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Seplat Energy received 39 more outperform votes than Harbour Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.34% of users gave Harbour Energy an outperform vote while only 66.36% of users gave Seplat Energy an outperform vote.
Seplat Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Harbour Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 20 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Seplat Energy pays out 8,181.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Harbour Energy pays out 22,222.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Seplat Energy has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Harbour Energy's net margin of 2.66%. Harbour Energy's return on equity of 6.72% beat Seplat Energy's return on equity.
Seplat Energy has a beta of 0.45, meaning that its stock price is 55% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Harbour Energy has a beta of -0.23, meaning that its stock price is 123% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Harbour Energy has a consensus price target of GBX 338.33, suggesting a potential upside of 38.38%. Given Harbour Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Harbour Energy is more favorable than Seplat Energy.
In the previous week, Seplat Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Harbour Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Seplat Energy and 1 mentions for Harbour Energy. Harbour Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.39 beat Seplat Energy's score of 0.45 indicating that Harbour Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
2.0% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Seplat Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 64.1% of Harbour Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Harbour Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Seplat Energy. Seplat Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Harbour Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Harbour Energy beats Seplat Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:SEPL) was last updated on 12/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
