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Gulf Keystone Petroleum LimitedGKP.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Energy›Oil & Gas Production
Momentum neutral 44
Mkt cap
$557M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
79%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.35M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
9.5×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
n/a
WACC 11.7%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
139 days
25 Mar 2027
Close · GBP£190.40
1D+1.1%
1W-9.3%
1M-4.5%
3M+7.6%
6M+1.2%
YTD+7.6%
1Y+9.3%
ATR %4.9%
52w lowhigh19.0% off high

What Gulf Keystone Petroleum does

Employees: 400

Gulf Keystone Petroleum at a glance

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).

Relative performance

8010012011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026GKP.L 102Peer median 82
Six months, rebased to 100: Gulf Keystone Petroleum against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gulf Keystone Petroleum financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenuen/a£125M£118M£99.4M£374M
Revenue growth—+6%+19%-73%—
Gross profitn/a£15.1M£6.01M£20.3M£244M
EBITDAn/a£71.6M£65.4M£23.4M£289M
Net incomen/a£11.5M£5.60M-£9.25M£216M
Free cash flown/a£22.6M£51.9M-£11.3M£218M
Capital expendituren/a£25.5M£21.6M£52.6M£87.2M
Total debtn/a£1.01M£1.20M£312,206£590,240

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gulf Keystone Petroleum competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-50%-25%0%+25%-20%-10%0%+10%EGYGPRKVTSWTIOBEENQGRNT300164SGYBWOCVVYKARCLBCNEAELDECFECHPKGKP.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

-50%0%+50%+100%0×200×400×EGYGPRKVTSWTIOBESDENQCVVYDECFECGKP.LRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Gulf Keystone Petroleum is the large dot.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum competitors and peer comparison

How Gulf Keystone Petroleum compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Gulf Keystone Petroleum against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGKP.LPeer medianRank 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 margin8.0%16.2%7th lowest of 21
Forward P/E9.5×8.5×8th most expensive of 20
Net debt / EBITDA-0.8×1.1×3rd least indebted of 20

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Gulf Keystone Petroleum GKP.LUnited Kingdom$557M+1%+6%8%9.5×n/an/a
VAALCO Energy EGYUnited States$566M-4%-25%9%18.9×n/an/a
GeoPark GPRKUnited States$613M+1%-5%24%9.8×n/an/a
Vitesse Energy VTSUnited States$623M-17%+11%12%42.9×13.4%+21.5%
W&T Offshore WTIUnited States$479M-17%+20%5%498.4×3.9%+7.7%
Obsidian Energy OBE.TOCanada$653M-21%-22%22%4.1×n/an/a
SandRidge Energy SDUnited States$463M-13%+30%42%5.9×-12.8%+7.0%
EnQuest ENQ.LUnited Kingdom$671M+40%+3%17%8.9×-9.1%+3.8%
Granite Ridge Resources GRNTUnited States$698M+6%+15%21%5.3×n/an/a
Tong Petrotech 300164.SZChina$705M-41%-12%-5%n/an/an/a
Surge Energy SGY.TOCanada$730M+7%+3%27%6.1×-6.3%+20.2%
BW Offshore BWO.OLNorway$747M-25%-17%23%8.5×5.5%-8.7%
Cavvy Energy CVVY.TOCanada$413M+29%+43%4%8.1×11.0%-3.3%
Karoon Energy KAR.AXAustralia$763M-23%-20%28%4.6×-10.4%+22.5%
Core Laboratories CLBUnited States$405M-33%0%7%13.8×11.0%+1.6%
Capricorn Energy CNE.LUnited Kingdom$397M+29%+34%42%21.4×-19.1%+218.6%
Shamaran Petroleum SNM.OLNorway$381Mn/a-5%45%7.4×n/an/a
Amplitude Energy AEL.AXAustralia$368M+8%+7%-10%8.8×-19.1%+16.8%
Diversified Energy DECUnited States$899M-19%+109%15%2.1×-0.5%+32.3%
Frontera Energy FEC.TOCanada$344M-52%-52%-3%3.0×n/an/a
HighPeak Energy HPKUnited States$903M+23%-13%16%24.6×n/an/a

Questions

Which companies are Gulf Keystone Petroleum's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: VAALCO Energy (EGY), GeoPark (GPRK), Vitesse Energy (VTS), W&T Offshore (WTI), Obsidian Energy (OBE.TO), SandRidge Energy (SD), EnQuest (ENQ.L), Granite Ridge Resources (GRNT).
Is Gulf Keystone Petroleum expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 9.5× against a peer median of 8.5×, 8th most expensive of 20 in its peer set.
How has Gulf Keystone Petroleum stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned +1.2% against -13.4% for the median peer; over one year +9.3%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.