GPOR vs. KOS, CRK, SBOW, SM, MTDR, SWN, RRC, TALO, BSM, and AESI
Should you be buying Gulfport Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulfport Energy include Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), SM Energy (SM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Range Resources (RRC), Talos Energy (TALO), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS) and Gulfport Energy (NASDAQ:GPOR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, profitability and valuation.
Kosmos Energy has a beta of 2.37, meaning that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Kosmos Energy currently has a consensus price target of $9.63, indicating a potential upside of 63.83%. Gulfport Energy has a consensus price target of $168.13, indicating a potential upside of 2.97%. Given Gulfport Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Kosmos Energy is more favorable than Gulfport Energy.
Gulfport Energy has a net margin of 82.10% compared to Gulfport Energy's net margin of 12.55%. Gulfport Energy's return on equity of 39.94% beat Kosmos Energy's return on equity.
95.3% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.8% of Kosmos Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gulfport Energy received 540 more outperform votes than Kosmos Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.74% of users gave Gulfport Energy an outperform vote while only 64.88% of users gave Kosmos Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Kosmos Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Kosmos Energy and 0 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Gulfport Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Kosmos Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Kosmos Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Gulfport Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Kosmos Energy. Gulfport Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Kosmos Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Kosmos Energy and Gulfport Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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