Brokers Set Expectations for Range Resources Q3 Earnings

Range Resources Corporation (NYSE:RRC) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial upped their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Range Resources in a research report issued on Thursday, October 16th. Capital One Financial analyst B. Velie now anticipates that the oil and gas exploration company will post earnings of $0.48 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $0.47. The consensus estimate for Range Resources’ current full-year earnings is $2.02 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Range Resources’ FY2025 earnings at $2.72 EPS.

Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, July 22nd. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.66 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.65 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $856.28 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $708.38 million. Range Resources had a net margin of 17.22% and a return on equity of 15.95%. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.46 EPS.

A number of other research firms also recently issued reports on RRC. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of Range Resources from $46.00 to $44.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, October 6th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Range Resources from $39.00 to $44.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Monday, July 7th. Citigroup dropped their target price on shares of Range Resources from $40.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Range Resources from $41.00 to $39.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, August 14th. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price on shares of Range Resources from $42.00 to $40.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, August 20th. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, thirteen have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $42.05.

Range Resources Stock Up 3.2%

Shares of NYSE RRC opened at $37.12 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $8.84 billion, a P/E ratio of 18.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.32 and a beta of 0.51. Range Resources has a 52-week low of $29.48 and a 52-week high of $43.50. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.29, a quick ratio of 0.55 and a current ratio of 0.55. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $35.62 and its 200-day moving average price is $36.74.

Range Resources Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, September 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 12th were issued a dividend of $0.09 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 12th. This represents a $0.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. Range Resources’s dividend payout ratio is presently 18.09%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Boston Partners grew its position in Range Resources by 6.1% in the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 7,419,508 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $301,133,000 after purchasing an additional 425,704 shares in the last quarter. Lingotto Investment Management LLP grew its position in Range Resources by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Lingotto Investment Management LLP now owns 7,161,614 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $291,263,000 after purchasing an additional 138,877 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. grew its position in Range Resources by 230.1% in the 2nd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 4,785,940 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $194,644,000 after purchasing an additional 3,336,299 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd grew its position in Range Resources by 30.5% in the 2nd quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 2,951,806 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $120,050,000 after purchasing an additional 689,212 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kopernik Global Investors LLC grew its position in Range Resources by 5.2% in the 1st quarter. Kopernik Global Investors LLC now owns 2,846,663 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $113,667,000 after purchasing an additional 140,043 shares in the last quarter. 98.93% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.