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$50.14 -2.42 (-4.59%)
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EQT vs. COP, EOG, FANG, DVN, RRC, MTDR, CRK, SM, KOS, and EGY

Should you be buying EQT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQT include ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Range Resources (RRC), Matador Resources (MTDR), Comstock Resources (CRK), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

EQT vs.

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

ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. ConocoPhillips pays out 40.1% 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. ConocoPhillips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.

ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than EQT. ConocoPhillips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ConocoPhillips$56.95B2.19$9.25B$7.7912.57
EQT$5.27B5.67$1.74B$0.40125.37

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 24 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 29 mentions for EQT. ConocoPhillips' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat EQT's score of 0.84 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ConocoPhillips
44 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
EQT
14 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

ConocoPhillips received 270 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.32% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ConocoPhillipsOutperform Votes
1092
66.71%
Underperform Votes
545
33.29%
EQTOutperform Votes
822
67.32%
Underperform Votes
399
32.68%

ConocoPhillips has a net margin of 16.23% compared to EQT's net margin of 4.37%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 17.26% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ConocoPhillips16.23% 17.26% 8.98%
EQT 4.37%4.82%2.72%

82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of EQT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ConocoPhillips presently has a consensus price target of $133.56, indicating a potential upside of 36.41%. EQT has a consensus price target of $52.17, indicating a potential upside of 4.03%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EQT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ConocoPhillips
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
EQT
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61

Summary

ConocoPhillips beats EQT on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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EQT vs. The Competition

MetricEQTCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$29.92B$8.47B$9.06B$20.04B
Dividend Yield1.16%23.17%11.61%3.65%
P/E Ratio125.3711.4013.1034.90
Price / Sales5.676.31313.2115.61
Price / Cash10.837.3911.9020.85
Price / Book1.401.763.814.92
Net Income$1.74B$1.10B$808.15M$1.02B
7 Day Performance-6.24%-1.37%-1.70%-1.05%
1 Month Performance-5.97%-6.87%-5.46%-1.40%
1 Year Performance34.42%0.54%6.58%13.93%

EQT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQT
EQT
4.4107 of 5 stars
$50.15
-4.6%
$52.17
+4.0%
+34.4%$29.92B$5.27B125.37740Earnings Report
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9877 of 5 stars
$96.39
-0.5%
$133.56
+38.6%
-13.3%$110.93B$56.95B12.379,900Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
4.4651 of 5 stars
$129.40
+0.3%
$144.14
+11.4%
+14.4%$72.78B$24.19B10.423,050Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.91 of 5 stars
$156.99
+0.5%
$215.17
+37.1%
-13.1%$45.84B$8.41B8.991,023Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.8984 of 5 stars
$34.68
+1.3%
$49.45
+42.6%
-15.0%$22.78B$15.26B6.431,900Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
RRC
Range Resources
4.1075 of 5 stars
$38.68
-0.3%
$38.78
+0.3%
+17.0%$9.33B$3.37B19.54540
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.6219 of 5 stars
$57.21
+0.2%
$75.14
+31.4%
-12.3%$7.14B$2.81B7.58290Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.8008 of 5 stars
$18.56
+2.1%
$13.40
-27.8%
+134.8%$5.42B$1.57B-103.08240Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
4.558 of 5 stars
$38.51
-1.2%
$51.90
+34.8%
-12.9%$4.41B$2.37B5.38540Earnings Report
Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
KOS
Kosmos Energy
3.432 of 5 stars
$3.15
+1.5%
$5.52
+75.5%
-46.1%$1.48B$1.70B7.15240
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.8278 of 5 stars
$4.36
+1.5%
$8.00
+83.7%
+1.3%$457.71M$455.07M5.12120Dividend Announcement

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