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 businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EQT or RRC?

Range Resources received 206 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.93% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 58.38% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EQT	Outperform Votes 832 66.93%	Underperform Votes 411 33.07%
Range Resources	Outperform Votes 1038 58.38%	Underperform Votes 740 41.62%

Do analysts prefer EQT or RRC?

EQT presently has a consensus target price of $57.11, indicating a potential upside of 6.39%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $41.95, indicating a potential upside of 8.29%. Given Range Resources' higher probable 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)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Range Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Is EQT or RRC 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
EQT	4.37%	4.35%	2.51%
Range Resources	17.63%	13.69%	7.21%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in EQT or RRC?

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

Is EQT or RRC a better dividend stock?

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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 raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Range Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EQT is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the media prefer EQT or RRC?

In the previous week, Range Resources had 6 more articles in the media than EQT. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Range Resources and 12 mentions for EQT. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat EQT's score of 0.73 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	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Range Resources	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, EQT or RRC?

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
EQT	$6.34B	5.07	$1.74B	$0.57	94.18
Range Resources	$2.60B	3.56	$871.14M	$1.12	34.59

Which has more risk and volatility, EQT or RRC?

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

Summary

Range Resources beats EQT on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.