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$19.60 +1.18 (+6.38%)
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CRK vs. GPOR, AR, CNX, CTRA, EQT, LNG, RRC, DVN, MTDR, and SM

Should you be buying Comstock Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Comstock Resources include Gulfport Energy (GPOR), Antero Resources (AR), CNX Resources (CNX), Coterra Energy (CTRA), EQT (EQT), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Range Resources (RRC), Devon Energy (DVN), Matador Resources (MTDR), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Comstock Resources vs. Its Competitors

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

Gulfport Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Comstock Resources. Comstock Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulfport Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Gulfport Energy$1.79B1.79$1.47B$11.1316.27
Comstock Resources$1.25B4.58-$229.65M-$0.24-81.65

Gulfport Energy currently has a consensus price target of $218.11, indicating a potential upside of 20.47%. Comstock Resources has a consensus price target of $18.73, indicating a potential downside of 4.43%. Given Gulfport Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Gulfport Energy is more favorable than Comstock Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Gulfport Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Comstock Resources
5 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.73

Gulfport Energy has a net margin of 21.33% compared to Comstock Resources' net margin of -5.05%. Gulfport Energy's return on equity of 13.16% beat Comstock Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Gulfport Energy21.33% 13.16% 8.67%
Comstock Resources -5.05%3.65%1.32%

36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Comstock Resources shares are held 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.

In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Comstock Resources and 1 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Comstock Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Gulfport Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Comstock Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Comstock Resources has a beta of 0.19, indicating that its stock price is 81% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gulfport Energy beats Comstock Resources on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRK vs. The Competition

MetricComstock ResourcesOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$5.40B$7.41B$7.68B$21.49B
Dividend YieldN/A5.17%10.85%3.67%
P/E Ratio-81.6510.1075.4429.66
Price / Sales4.588.481,503.9786.41
Price / Cash7.304.8535.7417.79
Price / Book2.461.574.994.63
Net Income-$229.65M$568.55M$4.28B$1.01B
7 Day Performance-7.87%-4.99%-1.52%-1.84%
1 Month Performance22.71%-2.44%3.64%0.55%
1 Year Performance62.49%-15.17%17.56%13.45%

Comstock Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.5632 of 5 stars
$19.60
+6.4%
$18.73
-4.4%
+52.6%$5.40B$1.25B-81.65240
GPOR
Gulfport Energy
1.8935 of 5 stars
$187.05
-2.0%
$218.11
+16.6%
+17.3%$3.39B$1.79B16.64256
AR
Antero Resources
4.594 of 5 stars
$33.90
+1.7%
$44.38
+30.9%
+8.1%$10.29B$4.33B21.59590
CNX
CNX Resources
3.1806 of 5 stars
$33.29
+1.2%
$31.85
-4.3%
-12.0%$4.65B$1.27B56.42470Analyst Forecast
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.8017 of 5 stars
$23.85
+2.4%
$33.22
+39.3%
-8.5%$17.78B$5.46B11.41980
EQT
EQT
4.8226 of 5 stars
$57.17
+2.0%
$62.95
+10.1%
+42.1%$34.97B$5.27B30.901,461
LNG
Cheniere Energy
4.2469 of 5 stars
$233.01
+0.3%
$263.60
+13.1%
+19.2%$51.05B$15.70B13.601,714Positive News
RRC
Range Resources
4.4173 of 5 stars
$38.77
+1.4%
$41.75
+7.7%
+15.8%$9.10B$2.42B19.48540
DVN
Devon Energy
4.8838 of 5 stars
$34.91
+1.0%
$43.56
+24.8%
-24.3%$21.94B$15.94B7.832,300Positive News
Analyst Forecast
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3516 of 5 stars
$44.82
-0.4%
$66.50
+48.4%
-23.0%$5.60B$3.50B6.56290Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
4.222 of 5 stars
$25.34
-2.0%
$41.55
+64.0%
-50.3%$2.97B$2.69B3.58540Analyst Forecast

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