Roth Capital Predicts Increased Earnings for Range Resources

Range Resources Co. (NYSE:RRC) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Range Resources in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, April 14th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now anticipates that the oil and gas exploration company will post earnings of $0.56 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.54. Roth Capital currently has a “Strong-Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Range Resources’ current full-year earnings is $2.02 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Range Resources’ Q3 2025 earnings at $0.59 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $0.83 EPS.

RRC has been the subject of several other research reports. Barclays set a $43.00 price target on shares of Range Resources and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 27th. Benchmark reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Range Resources in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Scotiabank lowered shares of Range Resources from a “sector outperform” rating to a “sector perform” rating and set a $45.00 price target on the stock. in a research note on Friday, January 17th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Range Resources from $32.00 to $33.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Finally, Wolfe Research upgraded Range Resources from a “peer perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $42.00 target price on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 3rd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have issued a hold rating, eight have assigned a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $41.43.

Range Resources Stock Up 2.1 %

Shares of NYSE:RRC opened at $34.04 on Thursday. Range Resources has a 12-month low of $27.29 and a 12-month high of $41.95. The company has a current ratio of 0.54, a quick ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a market cap of $8.21 billion, a PE ratio of 17.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.11 and a beta of 1.73. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $37.44 and a 200 day simple moving average of $35.61.

Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 25th. The oil and gas exploration company reported $0.68 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.13. Range Resources had a return on equity of 13.69% and a net margin of 17.63%. The business had revenue of $626.42 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $676.53 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.63 earnings per share.

Institutional Trading of Range Resources

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Range Resources by 87.1% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,012 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $37,000 after buying an additional 471 shares during the last quarter. UMB Bank n.a. grew its holdings in shares of Range Resources by 59.0% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 1,148 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock worth $41,000 after purchasing an additional 426 shares during the last quarter. Headlands Technologies LLC acquired a new position in Range Resources during the 4th quarter worth about $42,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Range Resources during the fourth quarter worth approximately $46,000. Finally, Versant Capital Management Inc increased its holdings in shares of Range Resources by 42.8% in the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 1,544 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $56,000 after purchasing an additional 463 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 98.93% of the company’s stock.

Range Resources Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were paid a dividend of $0.09 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 14th. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.06%. This is an increase from Range Resources’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. Range Resources’s payout ratio is currently 32.73%.

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.