Employees: 400
Size Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP.L) is a United Kingdom Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $557M, the 283rd largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £190.40 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares gained 1.2%, against -13.4% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 9th highest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 5.7% over the last twelve months (peer median +1.2%); the operating margin is 8.0% (peer median 16.2%).
Valuation It trades at 9.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 8.5× (8th most expensive of 20).
Next results Next results expected around 25 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | n/a | £125M | £118M | £99.4M | £374M |
| Revenue growth | — | +6% | +19% | -73% | — |
| Gross profit | n/a | £15.1M | £6.01M | £20.3M | £244M |
| EBITDA | n/a | £71.6M | £65.4M | £23.4M | £289M |
| Net income | n/a | £11.5M | £5.60M | -£9.25M | £216M |
| Free cash flow | n/a | £22.6M | £51.9M | -£11.3M | £218M |
| Capital expenditure | n/a | £25.5M | £21.6M | £52.6M | £87.2M |
| Total debt | n/a | £1.01M | £1.20M | £312,206 | £590,240 |
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| Measure | GKP.L | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.5% | -10.5% | 7th highest of 21 |
| 6-month return | +1.2% | -13.4% | 9th highest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -19.0% | -30.5% | 5th highest of 21 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +5.7% | +1.2% | 9th highest of 21 |
| Operating margin | 8.0% | 16.2% | 7th lowest of 21 |
| Forward P/E | 9.5× | 8.5× | 8th most expensive of 20 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | -0.8× | 1.1× | 3rd least indebted of 20 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Keystone Petroleum GKP.L | United Kingdom | $557M | +1% | +6% | 8% | 9.5× | n/a | n/a |
| VAALCO Energy EGY | United States | $566M | -4% | -25% | 9% | 18.9× | n/a | n/a |
| GeoPark GPRK | United States | $613M | +1% | -5% | 24% | 9.8× | n/a | n/a |
| Vitesse Energy VTS | United States | $623M | -17% | +11% | 12% | 42.9× | 13.4% | +21.5% |
| W&T Offshore WTI | United States | $479M | -17% | +20% | 5% | 498.4× | 3.9% | +7.7% |
| Obsidian Energy OBE.TO | Canada | $653M | -21% | -22% | 22% | 4.1× | n/a | n/a |
| SandRidge Energy SD | United States | $463M | -13% | +30% | 42% | 5.9× | -12.8% | +7.0% |
| EnQuest ENQ.L | United Kingdom | $671M | +40% | +3% | 17% | 8.9× | -9.1% | +3.8% |
| Granite Ridge Resources GRNT | United States | $698M | +6% | +15% | 21% | 5.3× | n/a | n/a |
| Tong Petrotech 300164.SZ | China | $705M | -41% | -12% | -5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Surge Energy SGY.TO | Canada | $730M | +7% | +3% | 27% | 6.1× | -6.3% | +20.2% |
| BW Offshore BWO.OL | Norway | $747M | -25% | -17% | 23% | 8.5× | 5.5% | -8.7% |
| Cavvy Energy CVVY.TO | Canada | $413M | +29% | +43% | 4% | 8.1× | 11.0% | -3.3% |
| Karoon Energy KAR.AX | Australia | $763M | -23% | -20% | 28% | 4.6× | -10.4% | +22.5% |
| Core Laboratories CLB | United States | $405M | -33% | 0% | 7% | 13.8× | 11.0% | +1.6% |
| Capricorn Energy CNE.L | United Kingdom | $397M | +29% | +34% | 42% | 21.4× | -19.1% | +218.6% |
| Shamaran Petroleum SNM.OL | Norway | $381M | n/a | -5% | 45% | 7.4× | n/a | n/a |
| Amplitude Energy AEL.AX | Australia | $368M | +8% | +7% | -10% | 8.8× | -19.1% | +16.8% |
| Diversified Energy DEC | United States | $899M | -19% | +109% | 15% | 2.1× | -0.5% | +32.3% |
| Frontera Energy FEC.TO | Canada | $344M | -52% | -52% | -3% | 3.0× | n/a | n/a |
| HighPeak Energy HPK | United States | $903M | +23% | -13% | 16% | 24.6× | n/a | n/a |