Range Resources (RRC) Competitors

Denbury (NYSE:DEN) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in DEN or RRC?

94.7% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Denbury shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Range Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer DEN or RRC?

Denbury currently has a consensus price target of $95.50, indicating a potential downside of 3.69%. Range Resources has a consensus price target of $35.05, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given Denbury's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Range Resources is more favorable than Denbury.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Denbury	1 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Range Resources	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer DEN or RRC?

Range Resources received 956 more outperform votes than Denbury when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.33% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote while only 58.11% of users gave Denbury an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Denbury	Outperform Votes 43 58.11%	Underperform Votes 31 41.89%
Range Resources	Outperform Votes 999 60.33%	Underperform Votes 657 39.67%

Does the media refer more to DEN or RRC?

In the previous week, Range Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Denbury. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Range Resources and 2 mentions for Denbury. Denbury's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Range Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Denbury	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Range Resources	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is DEN or RRC more profitable?

Range Resources has a net margin of 37.22% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 32.34%. Denbury's return on equity of 31.85% beat Range Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Denbury	32.34%	19.82%	13.10%
Range Resources	37.22%	31.85%	13.73%

Which has more risk & volatility, DEN or RRC?

Denbury has a beta of 2.59, suggesting that its stock price is 159% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 2.12, suggesting that its stock price is 112% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, DEN or RRC?

Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Denbury. Range Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Denbury, 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
Denbury	$1.71B	2.94	$480.16M	$8.96	11.07
Range Resources	$4.15B	1.89	$1.18B	$6.87	4.75

Summary

Range Resources beats Denbury on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.