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Gulfport Energy CorpGPORCompetitor analysis, valuation and peers

United States · USD·Energy›Oil & Gas Production

Natural gas and NGL producer focused on the Utica shale in Ohio and SCOOP play in Oklahoma.

Momentum weak 32
Mkt cap
$2.65B
US dollars, full cap
Free float
97%
of shares outstanding
$/day
$56.5M
20-day average traded
Fwd P/E
6.3×
forward earnings
ROIC−WACC
+10.6 pp
WACC 7.1%
Hurdle
-24 pp
Req g minus delivered
Next earnings
116 days
2 Mar 2027
Close · USD$150.00
1D-3.3%
1W-9.9%
1M-8.9%
3M-10.7%
6M-15.9%
YTD-27.9%
1Y-23.8%
ATR %3.8%
Beta-0.26
52w lowhigh33.6% off high

What Gulfport Energy does

Natural gas and NGL producer focused on the Utica shale in Ohio and SCOOP play in Oklahoma.

Sells the gas and liquids it produces at market-linked prices, so revenue tracks gas prices, softened in part by hedges, which are financial contracts that fix future prices. Most of its output is gas from the Utica shale. It was reorganized in bankruptcy in 2021.

Products and services

  • Utica shale natural gas production
  • SCOOP (Oklahoma) production
  • NGL production

Customers

  • Utilities/power generators
  • Petrochemical/NGL buyers

Where it sits in the supply chain

  • Energy
  • Oil & gas production
  • Natural gas exploration & production

What could go right

  • Growing gas demand from data centers/LNG
  • Share buybacks from free cash flow

What could go wrong

  • Natural gas price volatility
  • Basin takeaway/pipeline constraints

Moat: narrow (scale, installed base). Concentrated, low-cost Utica acreage position, but a commodity price-taking producer.

Headquarters: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States · Founded: 1997 · Employees: 245

Named competitors

Gulfport Energy at a glance

Size Gulfport Energy (GPOR) is a United States Energy company (Oil & Gas Production) with a market value of $2.65B, the 1618th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $150.00 on 6 Nov 2026.

Performance Over six months the shares fell 15.9%, against -9.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 8th lowest of 21 in its peer set.

Growth Revenue grew 26.6% over the last twelve months (peer median +7.9%); the operating margin is 42.2% (peer median 21.6%).

Valuation It trades at 6.3× forward earnings against a peer median of 9.3× (7th cheapest of 20).

Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -24 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.

Capital Return on invested capital runs 10.6 points above its cost of capital (7.1% WACC).

Short interest Short interest is 9.6% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).

Next results Next results expected around 2 Mar 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).

Relative performance

9010011 May 202611 Aug 20266 Nov 2026Peer median 90GPOR 83
Six months, rebased to 100: Gulfport Energy against the median of its 20 peers (local-currency closes).

Gulfport Energy financials

Reported figures in USD; fiscal year ends 2025-12-31. TTM = trailing twelve months.
TTMFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022
Revenue$1.46B$1.32B$929M$1.05B$2.33B
Revenue growth—+43%-12%-55%—
Gross profit$660M$544M$149M$278M$1.58B
EBITDA$933M$808M$435M$562M$1.81B
Net income$497M$428M-$261M$1.26B$418M
Free cash flow$250M$276M$196M$186M$278M
Capital expenditure$587M$528M$454M$537M$461M
Total debt$922M$789M$709M$682M$721M

Quarterly statements and history in the cockpit →

Gulfport Energy competitor charts

The default views of Competitor Analysis ▸ Charts, drawn from the same data. Open them in the cockpit to change the axes, pin companies and read every value.

Performance: 6-month against 1-month return

-40%-30%-20%-10%0%-10%0%TALOIPCONOG605090TPZWTTRPTENCRKENOGSDEVETMAUNEXTBNORBPTCNXCJPXT603619GPOR6-month return →1-month return →
Up and to the right = strong over both horizons. Gulfport Energy is the large dot.

Fundamentals: revenue growth against valuation

0%+25%+50%+75%+100%20×40×TALOIPCONOG605090TPZWTTRPTENCRKENOGSDEVETBNORCNXPXT603619GPORRevenue growth (TTM) →Forward P/E →
Further right = faster growth; higher = more expensive. The dashed lines are the peer medians. Gulfport Energy is the large dot.

Capital: growth delivered against growth the price implies

0%+50%+100%0%50%100%TALO605090TPZPTENENOGVETBNORGPORGrowth delivered (Del g) →Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) →
Above the diagonal = the price needs more growth than the company has been delivering; below = the price already allows for a slowdown. Gulfport Energy is the large dot.

Gulfport Energy competitors and peer comparison

Head to head with its named competitors (GPOR vs AR vs EQT vs CNX)
CompanyMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq g
Gulfport Energy GPOR$2.65B-16%+27%42%6.3×-13.4%
Antero Resources AR$11.1B0%+22%23%7.8×-4.1%
EQT EQT$30.9B-12%+18%42%16.0×-1.9%
CNX Resources CNX$4.99B-2%+8%40%9.3×-5.8%
Range Resources RRC$11.4B+20%+18%33%12.1×-1.7%
Expand Energy EXE$19.5B-11%+20%20%10.8×-7.6%

How Gulfport Energy compares with its peers

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.

Gulfport Energy against its 20 peers (data as of 6 Nov 2026)
MeasureGPORPeer medianRank in peer set
1-month return-8.9%-9.5%9th highest of 21
6-month return-15.9%-9.0%8th lowest of 21
Distance from 52-week high-33.6%-27.0%7th lowest of 21
Revenue growth (TTM)+26.6%+7.9%3rd highest of 20
Operating margin42.2%21.6%2nd highest of 20
Forward P/E6.3×9.3×7th cheapest of 20
Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs)-13.4%-1.6%least demanding of 13
Growth delivered (Del g)+10.6%+16.4%4th lowest of 13
Hurdle (Req g minus delivered)-23.9 pp-19.4 pp4th least demanding of 13
ROIC minus cost of capital+10.6 pp+1.6 pp2nd highest of 21
EV / EBITDA3.9×5.0×7th cheapest of 19
Net debt / EBITDA1.0×1.2×6th least indebted of 19

Peer table

Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size
CompanyMarketMarket cap6M returnRevenue growthOp. marginForward P/EReq gDelivered g
Gulfport Energy GPORUnited States$2.65B-16%+27%42%6.3×-13.4%+10.6%
Talos Energy TALOUnited States$2.48B-1%+13%14%7.9×-5.0%+25.3%
International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) IPCO.TOCanada$2.85B0%+11%19%11.2×n/an/a
Northern Oil and Gas NOGUnited States$2.43B-2%-3%30%4.9×n/an/a
Jiangxi Jovo Energy 605090.SSChina$3.02B-37%-7%9%11.8×-0.6%+17.9%
Topaz Energy TPZ.TOCanada$3.17B-9%+22%60%22.8×5.9%+29.4%
Select Water Solutions WTTRUnited States$2.09B-4%-2%4%28.9×n/an/a
Patterson-UTI Energy PTENUnited States$3.76B-13%0%0%26.0×42.6%+33.8%
Comstock Resources CRKUnited States$3.94B-5%+17%19%43.4×n/an/a
Energean ENOG.LUnited Kingdom$1.72B-19%+9%27%4.2×-2.4%+126.8%
Spartan Delta SDE.TOCanada$1.63B-11%+93%32%7.6×n/an/a
Vermilion Energy VET.TOCanada$1.61B-9%-2%14%4.3×-0.8%+9.1%
Etablissements Maurel & Prom MAU.PAFrance$1.57B-29%-11%31%5.4×n/an/a
NextDecade NEXTUnited States$1.56B-23%n/an/an/an/an/a
BlueNord BNOR.OLNorway$1.49B-6%+28%32%10.9×-12.2%+15.0%
Beach Energy BPT.AXAustralia$1.42B-16%-9%21%5.5×-12.2%+4.2%
CNX Resources CNXUnited States$4.99B-2%+8%40%9.3×-5.8%+14.6%
Cardinal Energy CJ.TOCanada$1.40B-8%+18%31%11.8×5.3%+17.9%
Murphy Oil MURUnited States$5.16B-3%+8%22%8.6×-0.7%+9.0%
Parex Resources PXT.TOCanada$1.36B-30%+14%29%3.5×-11.2%+11.5%
Zhongman Petroleum and Natural Gas 603619.SSChina$1.30B-42%-13%20%20.7×n/an/a

Questions

Who are Gulfport Energy's main competitors?
Named competitors: Antero Resources (AR), EQT Corporation (EQT), Ascent Resources (private or unlisted), CNX Resources (CNX), Range Resources (RRC), Expand Energy (EXE). The cockpit's measured peer set (industry) also includes Talos Energy (TALO), International Petroleum Corp. (British Columbia) (IPCO.TO), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Jiangxi Jovo Energy (605090.SS), Topaz Energy (TPZ.TO), Select Water Solutions (WTTR).
Is Gulfport Energy expensive compared with its peers?
On forward p/e it trades at 6.3× against a peer median of 9.3×, 7th cheapest of 20 in its peer set. For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about -13% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +11%, so the hurdle is -24 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
How has Gulfport Energy stock performed?
Over six months to 6 Nov 2026 the shares returned -15.9% against -9.0% for the median peer; over one year -23.8%.

How these numbers are made. Returns are close-to-close in local currency. Revenue growth and margins are trailing twelve months. Req g is the revenue growth that today's enterprise value requires for seven years at the company's own cost of capital; Delivered g is what it actually grew; the gap is the hurdle (honest precision about ±8 points, so read the ranking more than the decimal). No fair values, price targets or analyst ratings are shown, by design. Method and validation.