Range Resources Beats on Both Top and Bottom Lines

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

Range Resources (NYS: RRC) reported earnings on April 25. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), Range Resources beat slightly on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue grew significantly. Non-GAAP earnings per share increased significantly. GAAP loss per share grew.


Margins contracted across the board.

Revenue details
 Range Resources logged revenue of $398.2 million. The 16 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ looked for a top line of $392.7 million on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were the same as the prior-year quarter's.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $0.33. The 31 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ forecast $0.29 per share. Non-GAAP EPS of $0.33 for Q1 were 120% higher than the prior-year quarter's $0.15 per share. GAAP EPS were -$0.47 for Q1 compared to -$0.26 per share for the prior-year quarter.

Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 60.5%, 600 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was -25.2%, much worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was -23.7%, much worse than the prior-year quarter. (Margins calculated in GAAP terms.)

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $416.4 million. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $0.32.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $1.75 billion. The average EPS estimate is $1.49.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a two-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 534 members out of 583 rating the stock outperform, and 49 members rating it underperform. Among 152 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 133 give Range Resources a green thumbs-up, and 19 give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Range Resources is outperform, with an average price target of $79.78.

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