EQT vs. COP, EOG, FANG, DVN, RRC, CRK, MTDR, SM, KOS, and SD
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 SandRidge Energy (SD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
EQT vs.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
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.
ConocoPhillips currently has a consensus price target of $121.63, indicating a potential upside of 32.91%. EQT has a consensus price target of $57.11, indicating a potential upside of 6.42%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than 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.
ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. ConocoPhillips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
ConocoPhillips received 275 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.93% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 66.81% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 0.65, suggesting that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 11 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 12 mentions for EQT. ConocoPhillips' average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat EQT's score of 1.00 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
ConocoPhillips beats EQT on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EQT) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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