RGC Resources (RGCO) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate RGCO or XIFR?

XPLR Infrastructure has a consensus target price of $17.64, indicating a potential upside of 96.69%. Given XPLR Infrastructure's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe XPLR Infrastructure is more favorable than RGC Resources.

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

Does the media favor RGCO or XIFR?

In the previous week, RGC Resources and RGC Resources both had 2 articles in the media. RGC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat XPLR Infrastructure's score of 0.09 indicating that RGC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
RGC Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
XPLR Infrastructure	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has better valuation & earnings, RGCO or XIFR?

RGC Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
RGC Resources	$91.31M	2.37	$11.76M	$1.28	16.41
XPLR Infrastructure	$1.26B	0.67	-$10M	-$1.90	-4.72

Is RGCO or XIFR a better dividend stock?

RGC Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. XPLR Infrastructure pays an annual dividend of $3.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 40.9%. RGC Resources pays out 64.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. XPLR Infrastructure pays out -193.2% 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. 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 volatility & risk, RGCO or XIFR?

RGC Resources has a beta of 0.46, suggesting that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, XPLR Infrastructure has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RGCO or XIFR 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
RGC Resources	13.73%	10.94%	3.74%
XPLR Infrastructure	-0.73%	1.34%	0.85%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of RGCO or XIFR?

35.8% of RGC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.6% of RGC Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of XPLR Infrastructure shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor RGCO or XIFR?

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

Summary

RGC Resources and XPLR Infrastructure tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.