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 companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.

Is EQT or EOG a better dividend stock?

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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 31.4% 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.

Which has better earnings and valuation, 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	4.57	$1.74B	$0.84	63.02
EOG Resources	$23.76B	3.24	$7.59B	$12.42	11.01

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of EQT or EOG?

90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQT or EOG?

EOG Resources received 664 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.59% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 67.49% of users gave EQT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EQT	Outperform Votes 820 67.49%	Underperform Votes 395 32.51%
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1484 71.59%	Underperform Votes 589 28.41%

Does the media prefer EQT or EOG?

In the previous week, EOG Resources had 8 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for EOG Resources and 35 mentions for EQT. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat EQT's score of 0.80 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EQT	13 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EOG Resources	24 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer EQT or EOG?

EQT presently has a consensus price target of $49.89, indicating a potential downside of 5.75%. EOG Resources has a consensus price target of $143.48, indicating a potential upside of 4.96%. Given EOG Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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)	13 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Which has more volatility and risk, EQT or EOG?

EQT has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EOG Resources beats EQT on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.