CTRA vs. EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, AR, DVN, APA, RRC, and SWN
Should you be buying Coterra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coterra Energy include EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Antero Resources (AR), Devon Energy (DVN), APA (APA), Range Resources (RRC), and Southwestern Energy (SWN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership and earnings.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy. Coterra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EQT had 2 more articles in the media than Coterra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for EQT and 23 mentions for Coterra Energy. Coterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat EQT's score of 0.55 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coterra Energy presently has a consensus target price of $32.73, indicating a potential upside of 16.57%. EQT has a consensus target price of $44.56, indicating a potential upside of 10.03%. Given Coterra Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than EQT.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 23.34% compared to EQT's net margin of 10.96%. Coterra Energy's return on equity of 10.75% beat EQT's return on equity.
EQT received 747 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.29% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 38.17% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Coterra Energy pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQT pays out 45.7% 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.
Summary
Coterra Energy beats EQT on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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