RRC vs. MTDR, SWN, SM, KOS, CRK, EQT, MRO, DVN, AR, and CHRD
Should you be buying Range Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Range Resources include Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Comstock Resources (CRK), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Devon Energy (DVN), Antero Resources (AR), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and Matador Resources (NYSE:MTDR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings and media sentiment.
Matador Resources has a net margin of 28.89% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 17.00%. Matador Resources' return on equity of 21.63% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Matador Resources. Matador Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Range Resources has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Matador Resources has a beta of 3.32, meaning that its stock price is 232% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Range Resources received 328 more outperform votes than Matador Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.15% of users gave Matador Resources an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Range Resources presently has a consensus price target of $36.40, suggesting a potential downside of 3.42%. Matador Resources has a consensus price target of $74.10, suggesting a potential upside of 12.96%. Given Matador Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Matador Resources is more favorable than Range Resources.
In the previous week, Range Resources had 6 more articles in the media than Matador Resources. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Range Resources and 32 mentions for Matador Resources. Matador Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Range Resources' score of 0.54 indicating that Matador Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Matador Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Range Resources pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Matador Resources pays out 11.0% 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. Matador Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Range Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Matador Resources shares are held by 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.
Summary
Matador Resources beats Range Resources on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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