EQT (EQT) Competitors

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

Which has more risk and volatility, EQT or COP?

EQT has a beta of 1.35, indicating that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in EQT or COP?

90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of EQT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is EQT or COP a better dividend stock?

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. 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 pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQT or COP?

ConocoPhillips received 266 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.10% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EQT	Outperform Votes 830 67.10%	Underperform Votes 407 32.90%
ConocoPhillips	Outperform Votes 1096 66.71%	Underperform Votes 547 33.29%

Does the media prefer EQT or COP?

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 10 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 37 mentions for EQT. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.99 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EQT	23 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ConocoPhillips	31 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	8 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate EQT or COP?

EQT presently has a consensus target price of $55.61, indicating a potential upside of 10.46%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus target price of $129.74, indicating a potential upside of 48.89%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EQT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EQT	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61
ConocoPhillips	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is EQT or COP more profitable?

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
EQT	4.37%	4.35%	2.51%
ConocoPhillips	16.23%	17.26%	8.98%

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, EQT or COP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EQT	$5.22B	5.76	$1.74B	$0.40	125.86
ConocoPhillips	$54.75B	2.01	$9.25B	$7.79	11.19

Summary

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