Range Resources (RRC) Competitors

EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and valuation.

Do analysts recommend EQT or RRC?

EQT currently has a consensus price target of $58.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.04%. Range Resources has a consensus price target of $41.95, indicating a potential upside of 7.75%. Given Range Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Range Resources is more favorable than EQT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EQT	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	14 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.68
Range Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in EQT or RRC?

90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Range Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk and volatility, EQT or RRC?

EQT has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 0.63, indicating that its stock price is 37% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer EQT or RRC?

In the previous week, EQT had 24 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for EQT and 16 mentions for Range Resources. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.09 beat EQT's score of 0.82 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EQT	19 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Range Resources	7 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, EQT or RRC?

Range Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than EQT. Range Resources 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
EQT	$5.27B	6.33	$230.58M	$0.57	97.81
Range Resources	$2.42B	3.85	$266.34M	$1.12	34.76

Is EQT or RRC a better dividend stock?

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. 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. Range Resources pays out 32.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQT has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Range Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EQT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Is EQT or RRC more profitable?

Range Resources has a net margin of 11.02% compared to EQT's net margin of 6.59%. Range Resources' return on equity of 15.10% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EQT	6.59%	5.52%	3.23%
Range Resources	11.02%	15.10%	8.06%

Summary

Range Resources beats EQT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.