Sky Petroleum (OTCMKTS:SKPI) & EQT (NYSE:EQT) Head to Head Survey

Sky Petroleum (OTCMKTS:SKPI) and EQT (NYSE:EQT) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and earnings.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and recommmendations for Sky Petroleum and EQT, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Sky Petroleum	0	0	0	0	0.00
EQT	0	6	21	2	2.86

EQT has a consensus target price of $68.08, indicating a potential upside of 29.49%. Given EQT’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe EQT is more favorable than Sky Petroleum.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Sky Petroleum and EQT”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Sky Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQT	$8.64 billion	3.80	$2.04 billion	$4.31	12.20

EQT has higher revenue and earnings than Sky Petroleum.

Volatility and Risk

Sky Petroleum has a beta of -16.36, indicating that its stock price is 1,736% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EQT has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Profitability

This table compares Sky Petroleum and EQT’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Sky Petroleum	N/A	N/A	N/A
EQT	28.44%	9.31%	6.27%

Summary

EQT beats Sky Petroleum on 11 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Sky Petroleum

Sky Petroleum, Inc. acquires, explores, develops, and produces oil and natural gas properties of others under arrangements in which the company finances the costs in exchange for interests in the oil or natural gas revenue generated by the properties. It has a production sharing contract with the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy of Albania for three exploration blocks, including Four, Five, and Dumre blocks in the Republic of Albania. The company was formerly known as Seaside Explorations, Inc. and changed its name to Sky Petroleum, Inc. in March 2005. Sky Petroleum, Inc. was founded in 2002 and is based in Frisco, Texas.

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.