Analyzing Sky Petroleum (OTCMKTS:SKPI) & Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR)

Sky Petroleum (OTCMKTS:SKPI) and Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and target prices for Sky Petroleum and Gulfport Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sky Petroleum	0	0	0	0	0.00
Gulfport Energy	1	6	7	1	2.53

Gulfport Energy has a consensus target price of $227.00, indicating a potential upside of 48.28%. Given Gulfport Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Gulfport Energy is more favorable than Sky Petroleum.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Sky Petroleum and Gulfport Energy”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sky Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gulfport Energy	$1.42 billion	1.93	$427.81 million	$29.27	5.23

Gulfport Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Sky Petroleum.

Profitability

This table compares Sky Petroleum and Gulfport Energy’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sky Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gulfport Energy	35.72%	23.51%	14.19%

Risk & Volatility

Sky Petroleum has a beta of -16.36, meaning that its share price is 1,736% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Gulfport Energy beats Sky Petroleum on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sky Petroleum

Sky Petroleum, Inc. acquires, explores, develops, and produces oil and natural gas properties of others under arrangements in which the company finances the costs in exchange for interests in the oil or natural gas revenue generated by the properties. It has a production sharing contract with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy of Albania for three exploration blocks, including Four, Five, and Dumre blocks in the Republic of Albania. The company was formerly known as Seaside Explorations, Inc. and changed its name to Sky Petroleum, Inc. in March 2005. Sky Petroleum, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Frisco, Texas.

About Gulfport Energy

Gulfport Energy Corporation engages in the exploration, development, acquisition, production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States. Its principal properties include Utica Shale covering an area approximately 187,000 net reservoir acres primarily located in Eastern Ohio; and SCOOP covering an area approximately 74,000 net reservoir acres primarily located in Garvin, Grady, and Stephens. As of December 31, 2021, it had 3.9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent to proved reserves; and proved undeveloped reserves comprising 8 MMbbl oil and 22 MMBbl NGL, and 1,550 Bcf natural gas. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.