EQT vs. MRO, RRC, MTDR, SWN, SM, DVN, FANG, PXD, OVV, and PR
Should you be buying EQT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQT include Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Devon Energy (DVN), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Ovintiv (OVV), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, EQT had 12 more articles in the media than Marathon Oil. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for EQT and 19 mentions for Marathon Oil. Marathon Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat EQT's score of 0.31 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Marathon Oil received 224 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.42% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 65.87% of users gave Marathon Oil an outperform vote.
Marathon Oil currently has a consensus price target of $32.66, indicating a potential upside of 19.23%. EQT has a consensus price target of $43.80, indicating a potential upside of 20.94%. Given Marathon Oil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EQT is more favorable than Marathon Oil.
Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Marathon Oil pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQT pays out 14.8% 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. Marathon Oil has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and EQT has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. EQT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EQT has a net margin of 25.12% compared to EQT's net margin of 23.20%. EQT's return on equity of 14.09% beat Marathon Oil's return on equity.
Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.22, meaning that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Oil. EQT is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
EQT beats Marathon Oil on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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