Comparing EQT (NYSE:EQT) and Sky Petroleum (OTCMKTS:SKPI)

Sky Petroleum (OTCMKTS:SKPI) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends and earnings.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sky Petroleum and EQT”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sky Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQT	$8.64 billion	3.80	$2.04 billion	$4.31	12.20

EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Sky Petroleum.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of EQT shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current ratings and price targets for Sky Petroleum and EQT, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sky Petroleum	0	0	0	0	0.00
EQT	0	6	21	2	2.86

EQT has a consensus target price of $68.08, indicating a potential upside of 29.49%. Given EQT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EQT is more favorable than Sky Petroleum.

Profitability

This table compares Sky Petroleum and EQT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sky Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQT	28.44%	9.31%	6.27%

Volatility & Risk

Sky Petroleum has a beta of -16.36, meaning that its stock price is 1,736% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

EQT beats Sky Petroleum on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sky Petroleum

Sky Petroleum, Inc. acquires, explores, develops, and produces oil and natural gas properties of others under arrangements in which the company finances the costs in exchange for interests in the oil or natural gas revenue generated by the properties. It has a production sharing contract with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy of Albania for three exploration blocks, including Four, Five, and Dumre blocks in the Republic of Albania. The company was formerly known as Seaside Explorations, Inc. and changed its name to Sky Petroleum, Inc. in March 2005. Sky Petroleum, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Frisco, Texas.

About EQT

EQT Corporation operates as a natural gas production company in the United States. The company sells natural gas and natural gas liquids to marketers, utilities, and industrial customers through pipelines located in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management services. The company was formerly known as Equitable Resources Inc. and changed its name to EQT Corporation in February 2009. EQT Corporation was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.