Range Resources (RRC) Competitors

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

Which has better earnings and valuation, RRC or EQT?

EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Range Resources. 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
Range Resources	$2.60B	3.65	$871.14M	$1.12	35.46
EQT	$6.34B	5.30	$1.74B	$0.57	98.40

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in RRC or EQT?

Range Resources received 205 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.99% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 58.39% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Range Resources	Outperform Votes 1037 58.39%	Underperform Votes 739 41.61%
EQT	Outperform Votes 832 66.99%	Underperform Votes 410 33.01%

Which has more risk and volatility, RRC or EQT?

Range Resources has a beta of 0.6, meaning that its stock price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its stock price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is RRC or EQT a better dividend stock?

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

Do analysts prefer RRC or EQT?

Range Resources presently has a consensus price target of $41.85, indicating a potential upside of 5.36%. EQT has a consensus price target of $56.67, indicating a potential upside of 1.03%. Given Range Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Range Resources is more favorable than EQT.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Range Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
EQT	1 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Do institutionals and insiders believe in RRC or EQT?

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

Is RRC or EQT more profitable?

Range Resources has a net margin of 17.63% compared to EQT's net margin of 4.37%. Range Resources' return on equity of 13.69% beat EQT's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Range Resources	17.63%	13.69%	7.21%
EQT	4.37%	4.35%	2.51%

Does the media refer more to RRC or EQT?

In the previous week, EQT had 13 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for EQT and 17 mentions for Range Resources. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.30 beat Range Resources' score of 0.59 indicating that EQT is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Range Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EQT	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Range Resources and EQT tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.