EQT vs. EOG, FANG, DVN, MRO, RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, and KOS
Should you be buying EQT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQT include EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), and Kosmos Energy (KOS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) 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, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to EOG Resources' net margin of 10.96%. EQT's return on equity of 24.83% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.
EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. EOG Resources pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQT pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. EOG Resources has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and EQT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. EOG Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, EOG Resources had 6 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for EOG Resources and 11 mentions for EQT. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat EQT's score of 0.81 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
EOG Resources has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.06, meaning that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of EQT shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
EOG Resources presently has a consensus target price of $142.09, suggesting a potential upside of 18.22%. EQT has a consensus target price of $45.24, suggesting a potential upside of 11.58%. Given EQT's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than EQT.
EOG Resources received 666 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.25% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 68.20% of users gave EQT an outperform vote.
Summary
EOG Resources beats EQT on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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