Gulfport Energy (GPOR) Competitors

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

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%

Do analysts rate GPOR or RRC?

Gulfport Energy presently has a consensus target price of $207.14, indicating a potential upside of 5.57%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $37.16, indicating a potential downside of 9.29%. Given Gulfport Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Gulfport Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Gulfport Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Range Resources	2 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.25

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of GPOR or RRC?

98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Gulfport Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Range Resources shares are owned by company 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.

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	1.94	$1.47B	$11.13	17.63
Range Resources	$3.37B	2.93	$871.14M	$1.98	20.69

Does the media refer more to GPOR or RRC?

In the previous week, Range Resources had 25 more articles in the media than Gulfport Energy. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Range Resources and 2 mentions for Gulfport Energy. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.53 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Range Resources	7 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GPOR or RRC?

Gulfport Energy received 41 more outperform votes than Range Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Gulfport Energy an outperform vote while only 59.20% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Gulfport Energy	Outperform Votes 1071 74.58%	Underperform Votes 365 25.42%
Range Resources	Outperform Votes 1030 59.20%	Underperform Votes 710 40.80%

Which has more risk & volatility, GPOR or RRC?

Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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