Matador Resources (MTDR) Competitors

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

Does the media refer more to EQT or MTDR?

In the previous week, EQT and EQT both had 10 articles in the media. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Matador Resources' score of 0.94 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EQT	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Matador Resources	5 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, EQT or MTDR?

EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Matador Resources. Matador 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	$4.79B	5.56	$1.74B	$0.84	53.07
Matador Resources	$3.33B	2.03	$846.07M	$7.55	7.17

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

90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.1% of Matador Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is EQT or MTDR more profitable?

Matador Resources has a net margin of 27.45% compared to EQT's net margin of 5.52%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 20.01% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EQT	5.52%	3.74%	2.12%
Matador Resources	27.45%	20.01%	10.67%

Which has more risk & volatility, EQT or MTDR?

EQT has a beta of 1.14, indicating that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.26, indicating that its share price is 226% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend EQT or MTDR?

EQT presently has a consensus price target of $46.61, suggesting a potential upside of 4.56%. Matador Resources has a consensus price target of $74.38, suggesting a potential upside of 37.34%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Matador 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
Matador Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93

Is EQT or MTDR a better dividend stock?

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. 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. Matador Resources pays out 13.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matador Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in EQT or MTDR?

EQT received 96 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.95% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 67.61% of users gave EQT an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EQT	Outperform Votes 816 67.61%	Underperform Votes 391 32.39%
Matador Resources	Outperform Votes 720 72.95%	Underperform Votes 267 27.05%

Summary

Matador Resources beats EQT on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.