EQT vs. MRO, RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, DVN, FANG, PXD, CTRA, and OVV
Should you be buying EQT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQT include Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Devon Energy (DVN), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
Marathon Oil received 227 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.29% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 65.98% of users gave Marathon Oil an outperform vote.
EQT presently has a consensus price target of $44.56, suggesting a potential upside of 10.66%. Marathon Oil has a consensus price target of $32.66, suggesting a potential upside of 23.99%. Given Marathon Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Marathon Oil is more favorable than EQT.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Oil. Marathon Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, EQT had 7 more articles in the media than Marathon Oil. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for EQT and 17 mentions for Marathon Oil. Marathon Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat EQT's score of 0.55 indicating that Marathon Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. EQT pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Oil pays out 18.2% 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. Marathon Oil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EQT has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Oil has a net margin of 21.83% compared to EQT's net margin of 10.96%. Marathon Oil's return on equity of 13.22% beat EQT's return on equity.
Summary
Marathon Oil beats EQT on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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