MRO vs. EQT, RRC, MTDR, SWN, SM, DVN, FANG, PXD, OVV, and PR
Should you be buying Marathon Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Oil include EQT (EQT), 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.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. EQT pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Oil pays out 17.2% 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. EQT has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Marathon Oil has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. EQT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EQT has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.22, suggesting that its stock price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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.
EQT currently has a consensus target price of $43.80, suggesting a potential upside of 20.94%. Marathon Oil has a consensus target price of $32.66, suggesting a potential upside of 19.23%. Given Marathon Oil's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe EQT is more favorable than Marathon Oil.
In the previous week, EQT had 8 more articles in the media than Marathon Oil. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for EQT and 22 mentions for Marathon Oil. Marathon Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat EQT's score of 0.27 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the media.
90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
Summary
EQT beats Marathon Oil on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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