EQT (EQT) Competitors

EQT (NYSE:EQT) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.

Is EQT or EOG more profitable?

EOG Resources has a net margin of 29.18% compared to EQT's net margin of 5.52%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 23.77% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EQT	5.52%	3.74%	2.12%
EOG Resources	29.18%	23.77%	15.24%

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EQT or EOG?

90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of EOG Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts recommend EQT or EOG?

EQT presently has a consensus price target of $42.83, suggesting a potential downside of 7.94%. EOG Resources has a consensus price target of $142.30, suggesting a potential upside of 4.46%. Given EOG Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than EQT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EQT	0 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
EOG Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41

Is EQT or EOG a better dividend stock?

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. EQT pays out 75.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EOG Resources pays out 29.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EOG Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor EQT or EOG?

In the previous week, EOG Resources had 20 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for EOG Resources and 15 mentions for EQT. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat EOG Resources' score of 0.96 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EQT	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EOG Resources	20 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation and earnings, EQT or EOG?

EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than EQT. EOG Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, 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
EQT	$6.91B	4.02	$1.74B	$0.84	55.39
EOG Resources	$24.19B	3.17	$7.59B	$12.42	10.97

Which has more volatility and risk, EQT or EOG?

EQT has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQT or EOG?

EOG Resources received 666 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.78% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 67.78% of users gave EQT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EQT	Outperform Votes 812 67.78%	Underperform Votes 386 32.22%
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1478 71.78%	Underperform Votes 581 28.22%

Summary

EOG Resources beats EQT on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.