How to buy Gulfport Energy Corporation stock | $0.088

Gulfport Energy Corporation is an oil & gas e&p business based in the US. Gulfport Energy Corporation shares (GPOR) are listed on the PINK and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Gulfport Energy Corporation employs 298 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$621.1 million.

How to buy shares in Gulfport Energy Corporation

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2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Gulfport Energy Corporation. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: GPOR. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Gulfport Energy Corporation reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$0.088, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Gulfport Energy Corporation, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Gulfport Energy Corporation. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

Gulfport Energy Corporation share price

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Gulfport Energy Corporation shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-12-27.

Latest market close	USD$0.088
52-week range	USD$0.0487 - USD$3.13
50-day moving average	USD$0.1233
200-day moving average	USD$0.6509
Wall St. target price	USD$1.13
PE ratio	0.5702
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$2.293

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Gulfport Energy Corporation price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $0.088 from 2020-12-09

1 week (2021-01-08)	-10.20%
1 month (2020-12-16)	22.22%
3 months (2020-10-15)	-70.67%
6 months (2020-07-15)	-92.54%

1 year (2020-01-15)	-95.77%
2 years (2019-01-15)	-98.98%
3 years (2018-01-12)	13.36
5 years (2016-01-15)	23.25

Is Gulfport Energy Corporation under- or over-valued?

Valuing Gulfport Energy Corporation stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Gulfport Energy Corporation's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Gulfport Energy Corporation's P/E ratio

Gulfport Energy Corporation's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 1x. In other words, Gulfport Energy Corporation shares trade at around 1x recent earnings.

Gulfport Energy Corporation's PEG ratio

Gulfport Energy Corporation's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 0.33. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Gulfport Energy Corporation's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Gulfport Energy Corporation's EBITDA

Gulfport Energy Corporation's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is USD$355.1 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Gulfport Energy Corporation's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Gulfport Energy Corporation financials

Revenue TTM	USD$621.1 million
Operating margin TTM	2.14%
Gross profit TTM	USD$734.4 million
Return on assets TTM	0.2%
Return on equity TTM	0%
Profit margin	0%
Book value	$1.445
Market capitalisation	USD$22.2 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Gulfport Energy Corporation shares

There are currently 50.1 million Gulfport Energy Corporation shares held short by investors – that's known as Gulfport Energy Corporation's "short interest". This figure is 24% up from 40.4 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Gulfport Energy Corporation shares can be evaluated.

Gulfport Energy Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Gulfport Energy Corporation's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Gulfport Energy Corporation shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Gulfport Energy Corporation shares traded daily (recently around 29.3 million). Gulfport Energy Corporation's SIR currently stands at 1.71. In other words for every 100,000 Gulfport Energy Corporation shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1710 shares are currently held short.

However Gulfport Energy Corporation's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Gulfport Energy Corporation shares, or, against the total number of tradable Gulfport Energy Corporation shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Gulfport Energy Corporation's short interest could be expressed as 0.29% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Gulfport Energy Corporation shares in existence, roughly 290 shares are currently held short) or 0.4717% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Gulfport Energy Corporation shares, roughly 472 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Gulfport Energy Corporation.

Find out more about how you can short Gulfport Energy Corporation stock.

Gulfport Energy Corporation share dividends

We're not expecting Gulfport Energy Corporation to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Gulfport Energy Corporation's shares ever split?

Gulfport Energy Corporation's shares were split on a 1:50 basis on 3 March 1999. So if you had owned 50 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1 share. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Gulfport Energy Corporation shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 4900% higher share price could have impacted the market appetite for Gulfport Energy Corporation shares which in turn could have impacted Gulfport Energy Corporation's share price.

Gulfport Energy Corporation share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Gulfport Energy Corporation's shares have ranged in value from as little as $0.0487 up to $3.13. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (PINK average) beta is 1, while Gulfport Energy Corporation's is 6.8298. This would suggest that Gulfport Energy Corporation's shares are significantly more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent a higher risk.

Gulfport Energy Corporation overview

Gulfport Energy Corporation engages in the exploration, development, acquisition, and production of natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids (NGL) in the United States. Its principal properties include Utica Shale covering an area of approximately 205,000 net reservoir acres primarily located in Eastern Ohio; and SCOOP covering an area of approximately 76,000 net reservoir acres primarily located in Oklahoma. As of December 31, 2019, it had 4.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent of proved reserves; proved undeveloped reserves of 10 MMbbl of oil; and 2,291 Bcf of natural gas and 32 MMbbl of NGL. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. On November 13, 2020, Gulfport Energy Corporation, along with its affiliates, filed a voluntary petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Gulfport Energy Corporation is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 10.471% of Gulfport Energy Corporation shares are held by insiders and 55.18% by institutions.

• How many people work for Gulfport Energy Corporation?

  Latest data suggests 298 work at Gulfport Energy Corporation.

• When does the fiscal year end for Gulfport Energy Corporation?

  Gulfport Energy Corporation's fiscal year ends in December.

• Where is Gulfport Energy Corporation based?

  Gulfport Energy Corporation's address is: 3001 Quail Springs Parkway, Oklahoma City, OK, United States, 73134

• What is Gulfport Energy Corporation's ISIN number?

  Gulfport Energy Corporation's international securities identification number is: US4026353049

• What is Gulfport Energy Corporation's CUSIP number?

  Gulfport Energy Corporation's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 402635304