Alpine Summit Energy Partners (NASDAQ:ALPS – Get Rating) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC – Get Rating) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Profitability
This table compares Alpine Summit Energy Partners and Range Resources' net margins, return on equity and return on assets.
Get Alpine Summit Energy Partners alerts:| Net Margins | Return on Equity | Return on Assets | |
| Alpine Summit Energy Partners | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Range Resources | 30.87% | 60.30% | 17.64% |
Valuation & Earnings
This table compares Alpine Summit Energy Partners and Range Resources' gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.
| Gross Revenue | Price/Sales Ratio | Net Income | Earnings Per Share | Price/Earnings Ratio | |
| Alpine Summit Energy Partners | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Range Resources | $5.41 billion | 1.07 | $411.78 million | $4.87 | 4.93 |
Institutional & Insider Ownership
0.4% of Alpine Summit Energy Partners shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.3% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Range Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Analyst Recommendations
This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Alpine Summit Energy Partners and Range Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.
| Sell Ratings | Hold Ratings | Buy Ratings | Strong Buy Ratings | Rating Score | |
| Alpine Summit Energy Partners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A |
| Range Resources | 2 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2.25 |
Range Resources has a consensus price target of $33.94, suggesting a potential upside of 41.41%. Given Range Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Range Resources is more favorable than Alpine Summit Energy Partners.
Dividends
Alpine Summit Energy Partners pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.0%. Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Range Resources pays out 6.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Range Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Range Resources beats Alpine Summit Energy Partners on 9 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.
About Alpine Summit Energy Partners
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Alpine Summit Energy Partners, Inc. operates as an energy developer in the United States. It has various oil and gas assets in the Austin Chalk and Eagle Ford formations in the Giddings Field near Austin, Texas. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.
About Range Resources
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Range Resources Corp. engages in the exploration, development and acquisition of natural gas and oil properties in the Appalachian and Midcontinent regions. The company was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Fort Worth, TX.
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