Reviewing Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR) and Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU)

Centrus Energy (NYSE:LEU) and Gulfport Energy (NYSE:GPOR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Centrus Energy and Gulfport Energy”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Centrus Energy	$448.70 million	4.84	$77.80 million	$2.20	49.51
Gulfport Energy	$1.42 billion	1.97	$427.81 million	$25.00	6.33

Gulfport Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Centrus Energy. Gulfport Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Centrus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations for Centrus Energy and Gulfport Energy, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Centrus Energy	0	8	7	2	2.65
Gulfport Energy	1	8	6	1	2.44

Centrus Energy presently has a consensus price target of $222.53, indicating a potential upside of 104.32%. Gulfport Energy has a consensus price target of $210.20, indicating a potential upside of 32.73%. Given Centrus Energy’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Centrus Energy is more favorable than Gulfport Energy.

Profitability

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

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Centrus Energy	10.23%	7.06%	2.01%
Gulfport Energy	32.28%	21.87%	13.08%

Volatility and Risk

Centrus Energy has a beta of 1.53, indicating that its stock price is 53% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gulfport Energy has a beta of 0.56, indicating that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

50.0% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Centrus Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Gulfport Energy 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.

Summary

Centrus Energy beats Gulfport Energy on 9 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Centrus Energy

Centrus Energy Corp. supplies nuclear fuel components and services for the nuclear power industry in the United States, Belgium, Japan, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) and Technical Solutions. The LEU segment sells separative work units (SWU) components of LEU; natural uranium hexafluoride, uranium concentrates, and uranium conversion; and enriched uranium products to utilities that operate nuclear power plants. The Technical Solutions segment offers technical, manufacturing, engineering, and operations services to public and private sector customers. The company was formerly known as USEC Inc. and changed its name to Centrus Energy Corp. in September 2014. Centrus Energy Corp. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland.

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.