Range Resources (RRC) Competitors

Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, RRC or EQT?

EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Range Resources. Range 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
Range Resources	$2.35B	3.55	$871.14M	$1.10	31.37
EQT	$5.22B	5.92	$1.74B	$0.40	129.33

Does the media prefer RRC or EQT?

In the previous week, EQT had 18 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 42 mentions for EQT and 24 mentions for Range Resources. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Range Resources' score of 0.72 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Range Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EQT	27 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is RRC or EQT a better dividend stock?

Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Range Resources pays out 32.7% 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.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RRC or EQT?

Range Resources received 205 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.10% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 58.61% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Range Resources	Outperform Votes 1035 58.61%	Underperform Votes 731 41.39%
EQT	Outperform Votes 830 67.10%	Underperform Votes 407 32.90%

Do analysts prefer RRC or EQT?

Range Resources presently has a consensus target price of $41.43, suggesting a potential upside of 20.08%. EQT has a consensus target price of $55.61, suggesting a potential upside of 7.50%. Given Range Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Range Resources is more favorable than EQT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Range Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.41
EQT	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.61

Do insiders and institutionals believe in RRC or EQT?

98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Range Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of EQT 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 RRC or EQT more profitable?

Range Resources has a net margin of 17.63% compared to EQT's net margin of 4.37%. Range Resources' return on equity of 13.69% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Range Resources	17.63%	13.69%	7.21%
EQT	4.37%	4.35%	2.51%

Which has more volatility and risk, RRC or EQT?

Range Resources has a beta of 1.73, suggesting that its stock price is 73% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.35, suggesting that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Range Resources beats EQT on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.