GKP vs. GENL, PANR, ENQ, GTE, SAVE, JSE, CNE, KIST, I3E, and AET
Should you be buying Gulf Keystone Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Keystone Petroleum include Genel Energy (GENL), Pantheon Resources (PANR), EnQuest (ENQ), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Savannah Energy (SAVE), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Kistos (KIST), i3 Energy (I3E), and Afentra (AET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Genel Energy (LON:GENL) and Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LON:GKP) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.
In the previous week, Gulf Keystone Petroleum had 3 more articles in the media than Genel Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Gulf Keystone Petroleum and 2 mentions for Genel Energy. Gulf Keystone Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Genel Energy's score of 0.45 indicating that Genel Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
2.1% of Genel Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 31.7% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 68.2% of Genel Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.1% of Gulf Keystone Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Genel Energy has a beta of 1.24, suggesting that its stock price is 24% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Genel Energy pays an annual dividend of GBX 15 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.3%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays an annual dividend of GBX 54 per share and has a dividend yield of 41.6%. Genel Energy pays out -18,750.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Gulf Keystone Petroleum pays out -135,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Genel Energy presently has a consensus price target of GBX 105, suggesting a potential upside of 13.27%. Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a consensus price target of GBX 214.67, suggesting a potential upside of 68.63%. Given Genel Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gulf Keystone Petroleum is more favorable than Genel Energy.
Genel Energy received 90 more outperform votes than Gulf Keystone Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.94% of users gave Genel Energy an outperform vote while only 65.14% of users gave Gulf Keystone Petroleum an outperform vote.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has a net margin of -9.31% compared to Gulf Keystone Petroleum's net margin of -72.29%. Genel Energy's return on equity of -2.05% beat Gulf Keystone Petroleum's return on equity.
Gulf Keystone Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Genel Energy. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Genel Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gulf Keystone Petroleum beats Genel Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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