RRC vs. SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, MRO, EQT, DVN, FANG, and HESM
Should you be buying Range Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Range Resources include Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), Diamondback Energy (FANG), and Hess Midstream (HESM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Range Resources received 94 more outperform votes than Southwestern Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote while only 57.20% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
Southwestern Energy presently has a consensus target price of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 9.55%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $36.81, suggesting a potential downside of 2.57%. Given Range Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Southwestern Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.
Range Resources has a net margin of 17.00% compared to Range Resources' net margin of -32.93%. Southwestern Energy's return on equity of 13.30% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Southwestern Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Southwestern Energy and 6 mentions for Range Resources. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 0.99 indicating that Southwestern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Range Resources. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.15, suggesting that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Range Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Range Resources beats Southwestern Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding RRC and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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