Coterra Energy (CTRA) Competitors

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and valuation.

Do analysts recommend EQNR or CTRA?

Equinor ASA currently has a consensus price target of $28.10, suggesting a potential upside of 10.31%. Coterra Energy has a consensus price target of $34.35, suggesting a potential upside of 25.34%. Given Coterra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than Equinor ASA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equinor ASA	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Coterra Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.90

Which has more volatility and risk, EQNR or CTRA?

Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in EQNR or CTRA?

5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is EQNR or CTRA a better dividend stock?

Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Equinor ASA pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coterra Energy pays out 58.3% 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. Equinor ASA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EQNR or CTRA?

Equinor ASA has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra Energy, 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
Equinor ASA	$102.50B	0.69	$8.81B	$3.11	8.19
Coterra Energy	$5.46B	3.84	$1.63B	$1.51	18.15

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQNR or CTRA?

Equinor ASA received 134 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.61% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote while only 51.67% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinor ASA	Outperform Votes 227 57.61%	Underperform Votes 167 42.39%
Coterra Energy	Outperform Votes 93 51.67%	Underperform Votes 87 48.33%

Is EQNR or CTRA more profitable?

Coterra Energy has a net margin of 21.91% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 8.49%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 20.33% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equinor ASA	8.49%	20.33%	6.83%
Coterra Energy	21.91%	9.38%	5.95%

Does the media favor EQNR or CTRA?

In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Coterra Energy and 9 mentions for Equinor ASA. Coterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Equinor ASA's score of 0.88 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinor ASA	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Coterra Energy	18 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Equinor ASA beats Coterra Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.