GPOR vs. CRK, SBOW, SM, MTDR, SWN, RRC, TALO, BSM, AESI, and CNX
Should you be buying Gulfport Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulfport Energy include 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), Atlas Energy Solutions (AESI), and CNX Resources (CNX). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) and Gulfport Energy (NASDAQ:GPOR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and earnings.
36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.5% of Comstock Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Gulfport Energy has a net margin of 74.41% compared to Gulfport Energy's net margin of 13.49%. Comstock Resources' return on equity of 15.19% beat Gulfport Energy's return on equity.
Gulfport Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock Resources. Gulfport Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Comstock Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Comstock Resources has a beta of 0.7, meaning that its stock price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Comstock Resources and 6 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Comstock Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Gulfport Energy's score of -0.08 indicating that Gulfport Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulfport Energy received 610 more outperform votes than Comstock Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.74% of users gave Gulfport Energy an outperform vote while only 58.09% of users gave Comstock Resources an outperform vote.
Comstock Resources presently has a consensus price target of $9.75, suggesting a potential downside of 0.20%. Gulfport Energy has a consensus price target of $168.13, suggesting a potential upside of 11.66%. Given Comstock Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gulfport Energy is more favorable than Comstock Resources.
Summary
Gulfport Energy beats Comstock Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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