Gulfport Energy (GPOR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer RRC or GPOR?

Range Resources currently has a consensus price target of $39.95, suggesting a potential downside of 0.74%. Gulfport Energy has a consensus price target of $210.67, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given Gulfport Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gulfport Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Range Resources	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.21
Gulfport Energy	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RRC or GPOR?

98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Range Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, RRC or GPOR?

Gulfport Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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
Range Resources	$2.35B	4.14	$871.14M	$1.10	36.59
Gulfport Energy	$1.79B	1.87	$1.47B	$11.13	16.96

Does the media prefer RRC or GPOR?

In the previous week, Range Resources had 15 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Range Resources and 0 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Gulfport Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Range Resources	Positive
Gulfport Energy	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, RRC or GPOR?

Range Resources has a beta of 1.8, indicating that its stock price is 80% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RRC or GPOR 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
Range Resources	17.63%	13.69%	7.21%
Gulfport Energy	21.33%	13.16%	8.67%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RRC or GPOR?

Gulfport Energy received 42 more outperform votes than Range Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.48% of users gave Gulfport Energy an outperform vote while only 58.80% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Range Resources	Outperform Votes 1032 58.80%	Underperform Votes 723 41.20%
Gulfport Energy	Outperform Votes 1074 74.48%	Underperform Votes 368 25.52%

Summary

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