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$49.44 -1.78 (-3.48%)
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EQT vs. COP, EOG, FANG, DVN, RRC, CRK, MTDR, SM, KOS, and EGY

Should you be buying EQT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQT include ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Range Resources (RRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and VAALCO Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.

EQT vs.

EQT (NYSE:EQT) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) 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, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

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
EQT4.37% 4.35% 2.51%
ConocoPhillips 16.23%17.26%8.98%

EQT currently has a consensus price target of $55.39, suggesting a potential upside of 8.20%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus price target of $124.79, suggesting a potential upside of 35.76%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EQT.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
EQT
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
12 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.61
ConocoPhillips
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.95

90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of EQT shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
EQT$6.34B4.84$1.74B$0.5789.81
ConocoPhillips$54.75B2.12$9.25B$7.7911.80

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 4 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 56 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 52 mentions for EQT. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.84 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
EQT
31 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
ConocoPhillips
31 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
12 Neutral mention(s)
7 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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. ConocoPhillips pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

ConocoPhillips received 269 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.02% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EQTOutperform Votes
831
67.02%
Underperform Votes
409
32.98%
ConocoPhillipsOutperform Votes
1100
66.71%
Underperform Votes
549
33.29%

EQT has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its share price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

ConocoPhillips beats EQT on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EQT vs. The Competition

MetricEQTCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$30.64B$7.51B$7.13B$18.92B
Dividend Yield1.29%23.92%10.94%4.04%
P/E Ratio127.989.8449.8932.79
Price / Sales4.849.2325,177.8628.88
Price / Cash10.447.3835.4417.53
Price / Book1.261.533.504.48
Net Income$1.74B$1.11B$4.29B$1.02B
7 Day Performance4.98%1.05%1.56%2.60%
1 Month Performance-3.54%-9.74%-4.65%-2.55%
1 Year Performance27.69%-18.57%157.15%5.89%

EQT Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EQT
EQT
4.4858 of 5 stars
$49.44
-3.5%
$55.39
+12.0%
+24.7%$29.60B$6.34B123.60740Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9681 of 5 stars
$92.86
+1.2%
$126.89
+36.7%
-29.4%$117.37B$54.75B11.929,500Analyst Downgrade
EOG
EOG Resources
4.5496 of 5 stars
$114.05
+0.9%
$141.25
+23.8%
-17.1%$62.88B$23.38B9.182,850Upcoming Earnings
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8081 of 5 stars
$137.65
+0.7%
$200.96
+46.0%
-33.6%$40.49B$11.02B7.88970Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.6763 of 5 stars
$31.52
+0.6%
$44.83
+42.2%
-41.0%$20.45B$15.94B6.911,800Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
RRC
Range Resources
4.3244 of 5 stars
$35.30
+1.5%
$41.50
+17.6%
-6.1%$8.43B$2.60B17.81540Gap Down
CRK
Comstock Resources
2.2676 of 5 stars
$18.69
+1.6%
$14.23
-23.9%
+82.1%$5.48B$1.25B-24.62240News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Down
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.4271 of 5 stars
$41.54
+1.1%
$70.33
+69.3%
-38.0%$5.20B$3.70B5.82290Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Buyback Announcement
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
4.5672 of 5 stars
$23.52
+0.2%
$44.00
+87.1%
-54.2%$2.69B$2.67B3.52540Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
KOS
Kosmos Energy
3.988 of 5 stars
$1.72
-0.3%
$5.27
+207.1%
-71.8%$819.61M$1.68B3.90240Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Positive News
Gap Down
EGY
VAALCO Energy
3.6245 of 5 stars
$3.44
+0.4%
$8.00
+132.9%
-49.2%$356.36M$478.99M4.04120News Coverage
Positive News

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