Critical Comparison: Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) vs. Black Dragon Resource Cos. (OTCMKTS:BDGR)

Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and Black Dragon Resource Cos. (OTCMKTS:BDGR) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Range Resources and Black Dragon Resource Cos.”s top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Range Resources	$2.42 billion	3.69	$266.34 million	$2.38	15.80
Black Dragon Resource Cos.	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Black Dragon Resource Cos..

Institutional & Insider Ownership

98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Range Resources shares are held by 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.

Profitability

This table compares Range Resources and Black Dragon Resource Cos.’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Range Resources	19.64%	15.99%	8.93%
Black Dragon Resource Cos.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Range Resources and Black Dragon Resource Cos., as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Range Resources	2	13	3	1	2.16
Black Dragon Resource Cos.	0	0	0	0	0.00

Range Resources presently has a consensus target price of $41.12, suggesting a potential upside of 9.34%. Given Range Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Range Resources is more favorable than Black Dragon Resource Cos..

Volatility & Risk

Range Resources has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Black Dragon Resource Cos. has a beta of 0.33, suggesting that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Range Resources beats Black Dragon Resource Cos. on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

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.

About Black Dragon Resource Cos.

Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a distributor of rare art via blockchain-based technologies or non-fungible tokens. The company was formerly known as Black Dragon Resource, Inc. and changed its name to Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. in December 2004. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Black Dragon Resource Companies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ProTek Capital, Inc.