EQT (EQT) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EOG or EQT?

EOG Resources received 663 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.28% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 67.10% of users gave EQT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1489 71.28%	Underperform Votes 600 28.72%
EQT	Outperform Votes 826 67.10%	Underperform Votes 405 32.90%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EOG or EQT?

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
EOG Resources	$23.38B	3.02	$7.59B	$11.23	11.33
EQT	$5.22B	6.21	$1.74B	$0.40	135.63

Is EOG or EQT a better dividend stock?

EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. EOG Resources pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQT pays out 157.5% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is EOG or EQT more profitable?

EOG Resources has a net margin of 29.18% compared to EQT's net margin of 4.37%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 23.77% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EOG Resources	29.18%	23.77%	15.24%
EQT	4.37%	4.35%	2.51%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EOG or EQT?

89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of EQT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, EOG or EQT?

EOG Resources has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer EOG or EQT?

EOG Resources currently has a consensus price target of $144.95, indicating a potential upside of 13.90%. EQT has a consensus price target of $54.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.46%. Given EOG Resources' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than EQT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EOG Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.48
EQT	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Does the media refer more to EOG or EQT?

In the previous week, EOG Resources had 1 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 45 mentions for EOG Resources and 44 mentions for EQT. EQT's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat EOG Resources' score of 0.94 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EOG Resources	31 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EQT	24 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	11 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

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