Contrasting Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) & Range Resources (NYSE:RRC)

Mach Natural Resources (NYSE:MNR) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, profitability, risk, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of current recommendations for Mach Natural Resources and Range Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Mach Natural Resources	0	3	2	3	3.00
Range Resources	1	14	4	1	2.25

Mach Natural Resources currently has a consensus target price of $18.50, suggesting a potential upside of 34.59%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $43.41, suggesting a potential upside of 7.16%. Given Mach Natural Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Mach Natural Resources is more favorable than Range Resources.

Dividends

Mach Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 15.4%. Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Mach Natural Resources pays out 189.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Range Resources pays out 10.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mach Natural Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Range Resources has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Mach Natural Resources and Range Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Mach Natural Resources	7.46%	18.65%	10.06%
Range Resources	26.09%	18.64%	11.04%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Mach Natural Resources and Range Resources”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Mach Natural Resources	$1.18 billion	1.97	$142.98 million	$1.12	12.27
Range Resources	$3.12 billion	3.06	$658.02 million	$3.78	10.72

Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Mach Natural Resources. Range Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mach Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.4% of Mach Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 87.8% of Mach Natural Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 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.

Volatility & Risk

Mach Natural Resources has a beta of -0.33, indicating that its share price is 133% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Range Resources beats Mach Natural Resources on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Mach Natural Resources

Mach Natural Resources LP, an independent upstream oil and gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, and production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids reserves in the Anadarko Basin region of Western Oklahoma, Southern Kansas, and the panhandle of Texas. It also owns a portfolio of midstream assets, as well as owns plants and water infrastructure. The company was incorporated in 2023 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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.