Analyzing PTT Exploration and Production Public (OTCMKTS:PEXNY) & EQT (NYSE:EQT)

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

Insider and Institutional Ownership

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

Analyst Recommendations

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

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

EQT presently has a consensus target price of $68.10, suggesting a potential upside of 23.95%. Given EQT’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe EQT is more favorable than PTT Exploration and Production Public.

Dividends

EQT pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. PTT Exploration and Production Public pays an annual dividend of $10.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 116.4%. EQT pays out 15.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PTT Exploration and Production Public pays out 40.1% 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 increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.

Earnings and Valuation

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

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
EQT	$8.64 billion	3.98	$2.04 billion	$4.31	12.75
PTT Exploration and Production Public	N/A	N/A	N/A	$26.74	0.34

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.

Profitability

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

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

Summary

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

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.

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.