GPOR vs. RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, SBOW, EGY, BRY, and SD
Should you be buying Gulfport Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulfport Energy include Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), VAALCO Energy (EGY), Berry (BRY), and SandRidge Energy (SD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Gulfport Energy (NASDAQ:GPOR) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Gulfport Energy received 39 more outperform votes than Range Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.68% of users gave Gulfport Energy an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Gulfport Energy presently has a consensus target price of $169.63, indicating a potential upside of 8.13%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $37.10, indicating a potential upside of 1.42%. Given Gulfport Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gulfport Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.
Gulfport Energy has a net margin of 74.41% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 17.00%. Gulfport Energy's return on equity of 14.51% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Range Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Range Resources and 1 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat Gulfport Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulfport Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Range Resources. Gulfport Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Range Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Gulfport Energy beats Range Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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