EQT (EQT) Competitors

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COP or EQT?

ConocoPhillips received 274 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 66.83% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ConocoPhillips	Outperform Votes 1106 66.83%	Underperform Votes 549 33.17%
EQT	Outperform Votes 832 66.99%	Underperform Votes 410 33.01%

Is COP or EQT a better dividend stock?

ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. ConocoPhillips pays out 39.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQT pays out 110.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. EQT has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. ConocoPhillips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of COP or EQT?

82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of EQT shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is COP or EQT more profitable?

ConocoPhillips has a net margin of 16.23% compared to EQT's net margin of 4.37%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 17.26% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ConocoPhillips	16.23%	17.26%	8.98%
EQT	4.37%	4.35%	2.51%

Do analysts prefer COP or EQT?

ConocoPhillips presently has a consensus price target of $121.95, suggesting a potential upside of 36.06%. EQT has a consensus price target of $56.67, suggesting a potential upside of 1.03%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EQT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ConocoPhillips	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.95
EQT	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, COP or EQT?

ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than EQT. ConocoPhillips is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, 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
ConocoPhillips	$57.41B	1.97	$9.25B	$7.87	11.39
EQT	$6.34B	5.30	$1.74B	$0.57	98.40

Which has more volatility and risk, COP or EQT?

ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor COP or EQT?

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 35 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 30 mentions for EQT. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.99 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ConocoPhillips	39 Very Positive mention(s)	8 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EQT	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

ConocoPhillips beats EQT on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.