EQT (NYSE:EQT) vs. PTT Exploration and Production Public (OTCMKTS:PEXNY) Head-To-Head Survey

PTT Exploration and Production Public (OTCMKTS:PEXNY) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, earnings, valuation and institutional ownership.

Dividends

PTT Exploration and Production Public pays an annual dividend of $10.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 127.5%. EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. PTT Exploration and Production Public pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EQT pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. EQT has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for PTT Exploration and Production Public and EQT, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PTT Exploration and Production Public	0	0	0	0	0.00
EQT	0	7	18	2	2.81

EQT has a consensus price target of $68.10, indicating a potential upside of 22.36%. Given EQT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EQT is more favorable than PTT Exploration and Production Public.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

0.0% of PTT Exploration and Production Public shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.8% of EQT shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of EQT shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Profitability

This table compares PTT Exploration and Production Public and EQT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
PTT Exploration and Production Public	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQT	28.44%	9.31%	6.27%

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares PTT Exploration and Production Public and EQT”s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
PTT Exploration and Production Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.74	0.31
EQT	$8.64 billion	4.03	$2.04 billion	$4.31	12.91

EQT has higher revenue and earnings than PTT Exploration and Production Public. PTT Exploration and Production Public is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EQT, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Summary

EQT beats PTT Exploration and Production Public on 13 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

About PTT Exploration and Production Public

PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration and production of petroleum in Thailand and internationally. It is also involved in the gas pipeline transportation business; investment funding; and the provision of petroleum-related technology, human resource support, treasury center, technology, and solar power businesses, as well as renewable energy and related activities. The company was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of PTT Public Company Limited.

About EQT

EQT Corporation operates as a natural gas production company in the United States. The company sells natural gas and natural gas liquids to marketers, utilities, and industrial customers through pipelines located in the Appalachian Basin. It also offers marketing services and contractual pipeline capacity management services. The company was formerly known as Equitable Resources Inc. and changed its name to EQT Corporation in February 2009. EQT Corporation was founded in 1878 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.