RRC vs. FANG, DVN, EQT, MRO, SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, and SBOW
Should you be buying Range Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Range Resources include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.91, suggesting that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Diamondback Energy pays out 20.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Range Resources pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and Range Resources has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Diamondback Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Diamondback Energy currently has a consensus target price of $205.95, suggesting a potential upside of 4.14%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $37.10, suggesting a potential upside of 0.60%. Given Range Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 6 mentions for Range Resources. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Range Resources. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamondback Energy received 323 more outperform votes than Range Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.13% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 36.71% compared to Diamondback Energy's net margin of 17.00%. Range Resources' return on equity of 19.36% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Range Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Range Resources on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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