EQT vs. EOG, PXD, FANG, DVN, MRO, RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, and CRK
Should you be buying EQT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQT include EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), and Comstock Resources (CRK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and valuation.
90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
EOG Resources received 667 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.25% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 68.17% of users gave EQT an outperform vote.
EQT presently has a consensus price target of $44.94, suggesting a potential upside of 9.37%. EOG Resources has a consensus price target of $142.09, suggesting a potential upside of 14.08%. Given EOG Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than EQT.
In the previous week, EQT had 10 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for EQT and 9 mentions for EOG Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat EQT's score of 0.36 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EQT has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. EQT pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EOG Resources pays out 28.8% 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. EOG Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to EQT's net margin of 10.96%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 24.83% beat EQT's return on equity.
EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than EQT. EOG Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
EOG Resources beats EQT on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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