RGC Resources (RGCO) Competitors

XPLR Infrastructure (NYSE:XIFR) and RGC Resources (NASDAQ:RGCO) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.

Does the media prefer XIFR or RGCO?

In the previous week, RGC Resources had 1 more articles in the media than XPLR Infrastructure. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for RGC Resources and 1 mentions for XPLR Infrastructure. XPLR Infrastructure's average media sentiment score of 1.34 beat RGC Resources' score of 0.85 indicating that XPLR Infrastructure is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
XPLR Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
RGC Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer XIFR or RGCO?

XPLR Infrastructure currently has a consensus price target of $17.64, indicating a potential upside of 99.81%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe XPLR Infrastructure is more favorable than RGC Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
XPLR Infrastructure	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
RGC Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is XIFR or RGCO more profitable?

RGC Resources has a net margin of 13.73% compared to XPLR Infrastructure's net margin of -0.73%. RGC Resources' return on equity of 10.94% beat XPLR Infrastructure's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
XPLR Infrastructure	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%
RGC Resources	13.73%	10.94%	3.74%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in XIFR or RGCO?

66.0% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 35.8% of RGC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.6% of RGC Resources shares are owned by 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.

Is XIFR or RGCO a better dividend stock?

XPLR Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 41.6%. RGC Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. XPLR Infrastructure pays out -193.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. RGC Resources pays out 64.8% 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. RGC Resources has raised its dividend for 22 consecutive years. XPLR Infrastructure is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has more risk & volatility, XIFR or RGCO?

XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RGC Resources has a beta of 0.43, suggesting that its stock price is 57% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, XIFR or RGCO?

RGC Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than XPLR Infrastructure. XPLR Infrastructure is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RGC Resources, 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
XPLR Infrastructure	$1.26B	0.66	-$10M	-$1.90	-4.65
RGC Resources	$91.31M	2.33	$11.76M	$1.28	16.15

Does the MarketBeat Community favor XIFR or RGCO?

XPLR Infrastructure received 266 more outperform votes than RGC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.95% of users gave XPLR Infrastructure an outperform vote while only 42.76% of users gave RGC Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
XPLR Infrastructure	Outperform Votes 390 57.95%	Underperform Votes 283 42.05%
RGC Resources	Outperform Votes 124 42.76%	Underperform Votes 166 57.24%

Summary

XPLR Infrastructure beats RGC Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.