Q2 EPS Estimates for Range Resources Lifted by Roth Capital

Range Resources Co. (NYSE:RRC) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Range Resources in a research note issued on Monday, April 14th. Roth Capital analyst L. Mariani now forecasts that the oil and gas exploration company will post earnings per share of $0.56 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $0.54. Roth Capital 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.

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

A number of other analysts also recently issued reports on RRC. Citigroup downgraded Range Resources from a “neutral” rating to a “reduce” rating in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Royal Bank of Canada reissued a “sector perform” rating and issued a $42.00 price objective on shares of Range Resources in a research note on Friday, April 11th. Raymond James upped their target price on shares of Range Resources from $46.00 to $55.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, March 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised Range Resources from an “underweight” rating to a “neutral” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $43.00 to $45.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Finally, Wolfe Research raised 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 given a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Range Resources currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $41.43.

Range Resources Trading Up 0.1 %

Shares of Range Resources stock opened at $34.14 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.54, a current ratio of 0.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.28. The firm has a market cap of $8.24 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.24, a PEG ratio of 5.11 and a beta of 1.73. Range Resources has a twelve month low of $27.29 and a twelve month high of $41.95. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $37.22 and a 200-day moving average price of $35.66.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Range Resources

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Barclays PLC raised its holdings in shares of Range Resources by 180.8% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 222,017 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $6,830,000 after acquiring an additional 142,938 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp raised its holdings in shares of Range Resources by 3.1% in the 3rd quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 10,790 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $332,000 after purchasing an additional 327 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Range Resources by 0.9% during the third quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 4,003,299 shares of the oil and gas exploration company’s stock valued at $123,174,000 after purchasing an additional 35,344 shares in the last quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Range Resources during the third quarter valued at approximately $205,000. Finally, Forthright Family Wealth Advisory LLC bought a new position in Range Resources in the third quarter worth approximately $445,000. 98.93% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Range Resources Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, March 28th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 14th were given a dividend of $0.09 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 14th. This is a positive change from Range Resources’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.08. This represents a $0.36 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.05%. Range Resources’s payout ratio is 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.