The Marcellus Shale in the Appalachian Basin contains extensive natural gas reserves. The Marcellus Shale covers parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia. It also covers small portions of Kentucky, and Tennessee, and runs into the southern Ontario region of Canada.
The natural gas in the Marcellus Shale is extracted using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’ techniques. I’ve compiled a list of eight companies doing significant business in the Marcellus Shale.
|
Company |
PE Ratio |
PEG |
EPS |
Op.Cash Flow |
Cash |
Debt |
5 Year Expected Annual Earnings Growth |
|
Chesapeake (CHK) |
9.3 |
0.81 |
1.99 |
$4.87B |
$111M |
$11.84B |
9.96% |
|
EOG Resources (EOG) |
21.52 |
0.36 |
3.9 |
$3.96B |
$1.39B |
$5.23B |
75.99% |
|
Anadarko (APC) |
20.84 |
0.84 |
-4.38 |
$5.91B |
$3.49B |
$13.94B |
27.57% |
|
Penn Virginia (PVA) |
N/A |
-0.76 |
-2.8 |
$114.13M |
$3.58M |
$613M |
5% |
|
ExxonMobil (XOM) |
9.59 |
1.07 |
8.28 |
$57.65B |
$11.02B |
$16.76B |
8.75% |
|
Range Resources (RRC) |
42.1 |
1.38 |
-1.63 |
$528.25M |
$51.88M |
$1.79B |
41.3% |
|
Exco Resources (XCO) |
11.12 |
0.65 |
0.54 |
$419.26M |
$56.42M |
$1.71B |
21.67% |
|
EQT Corp. (EQT) |
20.13 |
0.97 |
3.09 |
$882M |
$334.9M |
$2B |
25.67% |