RGC Resources (RGCO) Competitors

XPLR Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) and RGC Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.

Is XIFR or RGCO a better dividend stock?

XPLR Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 37.3%. RGC Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. XPLR Infrastructure pays out -3,670.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RGC Resources pays out 70.9% 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. RGC Resources has increased its dividend for 21 consecutive years. XPLR Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is XIFR or RGCO more profitable?

RGC Resources has a net margin of 13.73% compared to XPLR Infrastructure's net margin of -0.73%. RGC Resources' return on equity of 10.94% beat XPLR Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPLR Infrastructure	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%
RGC Resources	13.73%	10.94%	3.74%

Do analysts rate XIFR or RGCO?

XPLR Infrastructure presently has a consensus target price of $20.27, suggesting a potential upside of 105.96%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe XPLR Infrastructure is more favorable than RGC Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XPLR Infrastructure	2 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
RGC Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of XIFR or RGCO?

66.0% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of RGC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of RGC Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, XIFR or RGCO?

RGC Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than XPLR Infrastructure. XPLR Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RGC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
XPLR Infrastructure	$1.23B	0.75	-$10M	-$0.10	-98.40
RGC Resources	$87.51M	2.39	$11.76M	$1.17	17.35

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer XIFR or RGCO?

XPLR Infrastructure received 268 more outperform votes than RGC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.21% of users gave XPLR Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 42.36% of users gave RGC Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPLR Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 390 58.21%	Underperform Votes 280 41.79%
RGC Resources	Outperform Votes 122 42.36%	Underperform Votes 166 57.64%

Which has more risk and volatility, XIFR or RGCO?

XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 1.13, indicating that its stock price is 13% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RGC Resources has a beta of 0.25, indicating that its stock price is 75% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to XIFR or RGCO?

In the previous week, XPLR Infrastructure had 12 more articles in the media than RGC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for XPLR Infrastructure and 1 mentions for RGC Resources. RGC Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat XPLR Infrastructure's score of -0.11 indicating that RGC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
XPLR Infrastructure	Neutral
RGC Resources	Very Positive

Summary

XPLR Infrastructure beats RGC Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.