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Rockhopper Exploration plcRKH.LCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United Kingdom · GBP·Energy›Oil & Gas Production
Momentum weak 37
Mkt cap
$937M
US dollars, full cap
Free float
86%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$2.64M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
n/m
no positive forecast
ROIC−WACC
-13.3 pp
WACC 10.9%
Hurdle
n/a
no reverse DCF
Next earnings
208 days
2 Jun 2027
Close · GBP£65.20
1D+3.0%
1W+4.2%
1M+35.7%
3M-11.8%
6M-18.5%
YTD-7.1%
1Y-19.1%
ATR %6.4%
52w lowhigh29.8% off high

What Rockhopper Exploration does

Employees: 9

Rockhopper Exploration at a glance

Size Rockhopper Exploration (RKH.L) is a United Kingdom Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $937M, the 218th largest of 363 United Kingdom companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at £65.20 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 18.5%, against -18.7% for the median peer and +3.6% for the United Kingdom market (cap-weighted) — 10th highest of 20 in its peer set.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 13.3 points below its cost of capital (10.9% WACC).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Jun 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

608010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 82RKH.L 80
Six months, rebased to 100: Rockhopper Exploration against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Rockhopper Exploration financials

Reported figures in GBP; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue£0£0£0£0£529,315
Revenue growth———-100%—
Gross profit-£1,487-£69,050-£86,085-£119,866-£1.68M
EBITDA-£7.70M-£7.71M-£2.96M-£3.37M-£4.50M
Net income£5.89M-£30.1M£37.3M-£3.66M£28.9M
Free cash flow-£21.1M£17.7M£8.91M-£3.55M-£2.07M
Capital expenditure£32.1M£34,145£1.44M£1.04M£1.46M
Total debtn/a£39.0M£12.3M£192,971£459,722

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Rockhopper Exploration 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

-40%-20%0%+20%+40%-20%0%+20%+40%MERHPKDECVLETNZKAR002221BWOSERSGY300164GRNTAAVENQPXTCJVTSRKH.L6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Rockhopper Exploration is the large dot.

Rockhopper Exploration competitors and peer comparison

How Rockhopper Exploration 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.

Rockhopper Exploration against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureRKH.LPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return+35.7%-9.9%highest of 21
6-month return-18.5%-18.7%10th highest of 20
Distance from 52-week high-29.8%-30.5%10th highest of 21
ROIC minus cost of capital-13.3 pp+0.7 pp2nd lowest of 21

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginEV / SalesReq gDelivered g
Rockhopper Exploration RKH.LUnited Kingdom$937M-18%n/an/an/an/an/a
Meren Energy MER.TOCanada$921M-19%+388%22%1.6×-16.4%n/a
HighPeak Energy HPKUnited States$903M+23%-13%16%2.3×n/an/a
Diversified Energy DECUnited States$899M-19%+109%15%2.3×-0.5%+32.3%
Valeura Energy VLE.TOCanada$1.07B+11%+6%17%1.2×-17.3%+141.2%
Tenaz Energy TNZ.TOCanada$1.13B-21%+381%16%3.8×17.7%+103.4%
Karoon Energy KAR.AXAustralia$763M-23%-20%28%1.8×-10.4%+22.5%
Oriental Energy 002221.SZChina$1.17B-36%-22%3%1.4×n/an/a
BW Offshore BWO.OLNorway$747M-25%-17%23%4.2×5.5%-8.7%
Serica Energy SER.LUnited Kingdom$1.20B-17%+64%23%1.2×-13.0%+29.4%
Surge Energy SGY.TOCanada$730M+7%+3%27%2.3×-6.3%+20.2%
Tong Petrotech 300164.SZChina$705M-41%-12%-5%4.5×n/an/a
Granite Ridge Resources GRNTUnited States$698M+6%+15%21%2.2×n/an/a
Advantage Energy AAV.TOCanada$1.26B+6%+14%20%3.4×n/an/a
Vedanta Oil and Gas VOGL.NSIndia$1.27Bn/an/an/an/an/an/a
Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas 603619.SSChina$1.30B-42%-13%20%3.3×n/an/a
EnQuest ENQ.LUnited Kingdom$671M+40%+3%17%1.3×-9.1%+3.8%
Obsidian Energy OBE.TOCanada$653M-21%-22%22%2.4×n/an/a
Parex Resources PXT.TOCanada$1.36B-30%+14%29%1.9×-11.2%+11.5%
Cardinal Energy CJ.TOCanada$1.40B-8%+18%31%3.8×5.3%+17.9%
Vitesse Energy VTSUnited States$623M-17%+11%12%2.7×13.4%+21.5%

Questions

Which companies are Rockhopper Exploration's closest peers?
The cockpit's peer set: Meren Energy (MER.TO), HighPeak Energy (HPK), Diversified Energy (DEC), Valeura Energy (VLE.TO), Tenaz Energy (TNZ.TO), Karoon Energy (KAR.AX), Oriental Energy (002221.SZ), BW Offshore (BWO.OL).
How has Rockhopper Exploration stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -18.5% against -18.7% for the median peer; over one year -19.1%.

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.