Range Resources (RRC) and Its Competitors Head to Head Contrast

Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) is one of 1,050 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Range Resources to related companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Dividends

Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Range Resources pays out 11.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 8.4% and pay out -118.5% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Range Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Range Resources lags its competitors as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.6% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Range Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for Range Resources and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Range Resources	1	18	3	1	2.17
Range Resources Competitors	5954	26911	40718	2392	2.52

Range Resources currently has a consensus target price of $45.78, suggesting a potential downside of 17.00%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 16.60%. Given Range Resources’ competitors stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Range Resources has less favorable growth aspects than its competitors.

Profitability

This table compares Range Resources and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Range Resources	25.04%	18.63%	11.23%
Range Resources Competitors	-474.33%	20.28%	6.19%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Range Resources and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Range Resources	$3.12 billion	$658.02 million	15.24
Range Resources Competitors	$272.45 billion	$5.51 billion	1.02

Range Resources’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Range Resources. Range Resources is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Volatility and Risk

Range Resources has a beta of 0.71, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources’ competitors have a beta of -4.05, suggesting that their average share price is 505% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Range Resources competitors beat Range Resources on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

About Range Resources

Range Resources Corporation operates as an independent natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGLs), crude oil, and condensate company in the United States. The company engages in the exploration, development, and acquisition of natural gas and crude oil properties located in the Appalachian region. It sells natural gas to utilities, marketing and midstream companies, and industrial users; NGLs to petrochemical end users, marketers/traders, and natural gas processors; and oil and condensate to crude oil processors, transporters, and refining and marketing companies. The company was formerly known as Lomak Petroleum Inc. and changed its name to Range Resources Corporation in August 1998. Range Resources Corporation was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas.