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$23.17 -0.09 (-0.39%)
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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 investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability and risk.

Gulfport Energy has a net margin of 21.33% compared to Comstock Resources' net margin of -23.39%. 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 -23.39%-0.67%-0.24%

Gulfport Energy presently has a consensus target price of $213.30, indicating a potential upside of 14.03%. Comstock Resources has a consensus target price of $19.82, indicating a potential downside of 14.47%. Given Gulfport Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60
Comstock Resources
4 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
1.80

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$1.79B1.85$1.47B$11.1316.81
Comstock Resources$1.25B5.41-$229.65M-$1.11-20.87

36.1% of Comstock Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Comstock Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 0.37, indicating that its stock price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Comstock Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Comstock Resources and 0 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Comstock Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat Gulfport Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Comstock Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Gulfport Energy Neutral
Comstock Resources Neutral

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CRK vs. The Competition

MetricComstock ResourcesOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$6.81B$8.02B$7.69B$20.85B
Dividend YieldN/A5.37%10.95%3.65%
P/E Ratio-20.877.4663.5326.34
Price / Sales5.419.6438,754.9359.22
Price / Cash9.2115.0336.1822.29
Price / Book2.901.723.894.66
Net Income-$229.65M$568.61M$4.24B$994.58M
7 Day Performance3.48%-2.96%-0.08%-0.29%
1 Month Performance-24.71%-7.53%0.05%4.91%
1 Year Performance126.93%-11.03%10.95%10.53%

Comstock Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.3343 of 5 stars
$23.17
-0.4%
$19.82
-14.5%
+130.0%$6.81B$1.25B-20.87240
GPOR
Gulfport Energy
1.9105 of 5 stars
$189.31
-0.8%
$213.30
+12.7%
+21.1%$3.39B$1.79B16.55256
AR
Antero Resources
4.501 of 5 stars
$37.18
+3.4%
$44.18
+18.8%
+22.4%$11.55B$4.45B43.23590Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CNX
CNX Resources
3.4356 of 5 stars
$35.23
+3.5%
$31.85
-9.6%
+31.7%$5.10B$1.67B-17.10470Upcoming Earnings
High Trading Volume
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.9768 of 5 stars
$25.46
+0.7%
$33.20
+30.4%
-9.5%$19.43B$5.46B14.80980Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQT
EQT
4.3948 of 5 stars
$58.33
+5.4%
$60.15
+3.1%
+65.1%$34.93B$6.34B102.331,461Trending News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
LNG
Cheniere Energy
3.9213 of 5 stars
$241.71
+2.8%
$258.36
+6.9%
+27.9%$53.61B$16.89B17.681,714Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
RRC
Range Resources
4.8181 of 5 stars
$39.36
+2.9%
$42.58
+8.2%
+14.0%$9.40B$2.42B35.14540Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7417 of 5 stars
$33.22
-2.2%
$43.79
+31.8%
-32.6%$21.33B$15.94B7.572,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.6948 of 5 stars
$51.86
-1.0%
$69.06
+33.2%
-20.7%$6.49B$3.70B6.96290Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SM
SM Energy
4.7727 of 5 stars
$27.56
-3.4%
$42.08
+52.7%
-43.0%$3.15B$2.69B3.86540

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This page (NYSE:CRK) was last updated on 7/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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