GeoPark (GPRK) Competitors

HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) and GeoPark (NYSE:GPRK) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends and community ranking.

Is HPK or GPRK more profitable?

HighPeak Energy has a net margin of 15.94% compared to GeoPark's net margin of 14.97%. GeoPark's return on equity of 57.93% beat HighPeak Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
HighPeak Energy	15.94%	14.83%	7.60%
GeoPark	14.97%	57.93%	10.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in HPK or GPRK?

GeoPark received 328 more outperform votes than HighPeak Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.42% of users gave GeoPark an outperform vote while only 38.46% of users gave HighPeak Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
HighPeak Energy	Outperform Votes 10 38.46%	Underperform Votes 16 61.54%
GeoPark	Outperform Votes 338 68.42%	Underperform Votes 156 31.58%

Is HPK or GPRK a better dividend stock?

HighPeak Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. GeoPark pays an annual dividend of $0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. HighPeak Energy pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. GeoPark pays out 38.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. HighPeak Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and GeoPark has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. GeoPark is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer HPK or GPRK?

HighPeak Energy currently has a consensus price target of $11.50, indicating a potential upside of 1.55%. GeoPark has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 46.90%. Given GeoPark's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe GeoPark is more favorable than HighPeak Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
HighPeak Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.50
GeoPark	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer HPK or GPRK?

In the previous week, HighPeak Energy had 3 more articles in the media than GeoPark. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for HighPeak Energy and 0 mentions for GeoPark. HighPeak Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat GeoPark's score of 0.00 indicating that HighPeak Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
HighPeak Energy	Positive
GeoPark	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, HPK or GPRK?

HighPeak Energy has higher revenue and earnings than GeoPark. GeoPark is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than HighPeak Energy, 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
HighPeak Energy	$1.04B	1.37	$215.87M	$0.88	12.87
GeoPark	$660.84M	0.58	$111.07M	$1.51	4.96

Do insiders and institutionals believe in HPK or GPRK?

24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 68.2% of GeoPark shares are held by institutional investors. 78.9% of HighPeak Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of GeoPark shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, HPK or GPRK?

HighPeak Energy has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, GeoPark has a beta of 0.76, meaning that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

GeoPark beats HighPeak Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.