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.
EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment and dividends.
EQT has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
EQT presently has a consensus target price of $44.94, indicating a potential upside of 12.97%. Coterra Energy has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential upside of 17.94%. Given EQT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than EQT.
In the previous week, EQT had 2 more articles in the media than Coterra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for EQT and 13 mentions for Coterra Energy. EQT's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Coterra Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. EQT pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coterra Energy pays out 48.6% 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. EQT has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Coterra Energy has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Coterra Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
EQT has a beta of 1.09, meaning that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.22, meaning that its share price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EQT received 748 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.29% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 38.64% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
90.8% of EQT shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of EQT shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 23.34% compared to Coterra Energy's net margin of 10.96%. EQT's return on equity of 10.75% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Coterra Energy beats EQT on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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