Gulfport Energy (GPOR) Competitors

Gulfport Energy (NASDAQ:GPOR) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, risk and profitability.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in GPOR or RRC?

98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Range Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, GPOR or RRC?

Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its share price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer GPOR or RRC?

In the previous week, Range Resources had 23 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Range Resources and 1 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Gulfport Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Gulfport Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Range Resources	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GPOR or RRC?

Gulfport Energy received 40 more outperform votes than Range Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.52% of users gave Gulfport Energy an outperform vote while only 58.43% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gulfport Energy	Outperform Votes 1076 74.52%	Underperform Votes 368 25.48%
Range Resources	Outperform Votes 1036 58.43%	Underperform Votes 737 41.57%

Do analysts rate GPOR or RRC?

Gulfport Energy presently has a consensus target price of $212.30, suggesting a potential upside of 23.97%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $41.50, suggesting a potential upside of 22.38%. Given Gulfport Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Gulfport Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gulfport Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60
Range Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, GPOR or RRC?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Gulfport Energy	$1.79B	1.69	$1.47B	$11.13	15.39
Range Resources	$2.60B	3.12	$871.14M	$1.12	30.28

Is GPOR or RRC more profitable?

Gulfport Energy has a net margin of 21.33% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 17.63%. Range Resources' return on equity of 13.69% beat Gulfport Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Gulfport Energy	21.33%	13.16%	8.67%
Range Resources	17.63%	13.69%	7.21%

Summary

Range Resources beats Gulfport Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.