Greenfire Resources (GFR) Competitors

Greenfire Resources (NYSE:GFR) and HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, GFR or HPK?

Greenfire Resources has a beta of 0.29, suggesting that its stock price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, HighPeak Energy has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of GFR or HPK?

88.9% of Greenfire Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.1% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.0% of Greenfire Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 77.5% of HighPeak Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better earnings & valuation, GFR or HPK?

HighPeak Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Greenfire Resources. HighPeak Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Greenfire 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
Greenfire Resources	$775.81M	0.55	-$100.50M	$0.35	17.40
HighPeak Energy	$1.14B	1.57	$215.87M	$1.27	11.06

Is GFR or HPK more profitable?

HighPeak Energy has a net margin of 15.94% compared to Greenfire Resources' net margin of 5.02%. HighPeak Energy's return on equity of 14.83% beat Greenfire Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Greenfire Resources	5.02%	5.40%	3.13%
HighPeak Energy	15.94%	14.83%	7.60%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer GFR or HPK?

HighPeak Energy received 9 more outperform votes than Greenfire Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave Greenfire Resources an outperform vote while only 43.48% of users gave HighPeak Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Greenfire Resources	Outperform Votes 1 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
HighPeak Energy	Outperform Votes 10 43.48%	Underperform Votes 13 56.52%

Do analysts prefer GFR or HPK?

Greenfire Resources presently has a consensus target price of $10.50, indicating a potential upside of 72.41%. HighPeak Energy has a consensus target price of $14.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.36%. Given Greenfire Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Greenfire Resources is more favorable than HighPeak Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Greenfire Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
HighPeak Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Does the media prefer GFR or HPK?

In the previous week, HighPeak Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Greenfire Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for HighPeak Energy and 0 mentions for Greenfire Resources. HighPeak Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.88 beat Greenfire Resources' score of 0.86 indicating that HighPeak Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Greenfire Resources	Positive
HighPeak Energy	Very Positive

Summary

HighPeak Energy beats Greenfire Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.