CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED vs EQT CORPORATION, two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNQ and EQT diverge most: on debt / equity, CNQ reads 0.00 and EQT reads 0.20; on revenue growth, CNQ reads +8.4% and EQT reads +41.1%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EQT's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CNQ | EQT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $47.69 | $53.28 |
| Market cap | $99.7B | $33.5B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.8% | — |
| P/E | 12.6 | 12.4 |
| P/B | 3.06 | 1.16 |
| P/S | 3.50 | 3.51 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 5.8 |
| Revenue growth | +8.4% | +41.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 21.8% |
| Net margin | 27.9% | 28.4% |
| Return on equity | 24.4% | 9.4% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 6.6% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 9.0% |
| FCF yield | 11.1% | 11.2% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.20 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.67 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.63 | 2.05 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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