EQT vs. MRO, RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, DVN, FANG, PXD, CTRA, and OVV
Should you be buying EQT stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EQT include Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Devon Energy (DVN), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
77.2% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Marathon Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Oil has a net margin of 21.83% compared to Marathon Oil's net margin of 10.96%. EQT's return on equity of 13.24% beat Marathon Oil's return on equity.
Marathon Oil pays an annual dividend of $0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Marathon Oil pays out 18.2% 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. Marathon Oil has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and EQT has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Marathon Oil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Marathon Oil. Marathon Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marathon Oil has a beta of 2.22, indicating that its share price is 122% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marathon Oil presently has a consensus price target of $33.14, indicating a potential upside of 26.44%. EQT has a consensus price target of $44.94, indicating a potential upside of 9.16%. Given EQT's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Marathon Oil is more favorable than EQT.
In the previous week, EQT had 10 more articles in the media than Marathon Oil. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for EQT and 10 mentions for Marathon Oil. EQT's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Marathon Oil's score of 0.65 indicating that Marathon Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marathon Oil received 226 more outperform votes than EQT when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.23% of users gave EQT an outperform vote while only 65.96% of users gave Marathon Oil an outperform vote.
Summary
Marathon Oil beats EQT on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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