TLW vs. KOS, SQZ, DEC, GKP, RKH, PTAL, 88E, PANR, ENQ, and EGY
Should you be buying Tullow Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tullow Oil include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Serica Energy (SQZ), Diversified Energy (DEC), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Rockhopper Exploration (RKH), PetroTal (PTAL), 88 Energy (88E), Pantheon Resources (PANR), EnQuest (ENQ), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Tullow Oil vs. Its Competitors
Kosmos Energy (LON:KOS) and Tullow Oil (LON:TLW) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings and media sentiment.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its share price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tullow Oil has a beta of 2.08, indicating that its share price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Tullow Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Kosmos Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Tullow Oil and 0 mentions for Kosmos Energy. Tullow Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.55 indicating that Tullow Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
98.7% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 43.5% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.1% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.6% of Tullow Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Kosmos Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Tullow Oil. Kosmos Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tullow Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Kosmos Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 14 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Tullow Oil pays an annual dividend of GBX 4 per share and has a dividend yield of 26.6%. Kosmos Energy pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tullow Oil pays out 472.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Kosmos Energy has a net margin of 12.22% compared to Tullow Oil's net margin of 1.01%. Kosmos Energy's return on equity of 19.64% beat Tullow Oil's return on equity.
Tullow Oil has a consensus target price of GBX 16, indicating a potential upside of 6.38%. Given Tullow Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Tullow Oil is more favorable than Kosmos Energy.
Summary
Kosmos Energy beats Tullow Oil on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (LON:TLW) was last updated on 7/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
