RRC vs. FANG, DVN, EQT, MRO, SWN, MTDR, SM, CRK, KOS, and SBOW
Should you be buying Range Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Range Resources include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and SilverBow Resources (SBOW). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Range Resources presently has a consensus price target of $37.10, suggesting a potential upside of 0.51%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus price target of $205.95, suggesting a potential upside of 3.36%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Range Resources.
Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Range Resources pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 20.3% 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.
Diamondback Energy received 323 more outperform votes than Range Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.13% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Range Resources. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Range Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Range Resources. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 9 mentions for Range Resources. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.73 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 36.71% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 17.00%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 19.36% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Range Resources on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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