CluenexRange Resources RRC
Range Resources scores good on business quality (6.4 of 10). Here is why, in plain words, and what our sealed record shows.
Why it matters
- What Range Resources does
Range Resources explores for and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil, focusing primarily on the Appalachian basin. Utilities, industrial users, and exporters pay for these commodities to fuel power generation and chemical manufacturing. Range is leaning into export pricing and improving natural gas liquids fundamentals to extract more cash flow from its existing asset base.
- What it does best
Range converts raw production into top-tier gross margins, hitting 90.2% to sit in the top decile of its sector. Low-cost Appalachian acreage and rich natural gas liquids mix drive an operational efficiency that rivals cannot easily duplicate without similar basin positioning.
- The main risk
Commodity price volatility poses a direct threat to margins, as energy markets dictate realized pricing for its natural gas and liquids. Without pricing power, any drop in benchmark energy rates directly hits the $680 million in free cash flow generated recently.
Quality, check by check
Scored against its own industry, from company filings.
Operating margins sit at 33.1% alongside a 90.2% gross margin, reflecting efficient extraction in the Appalachian basin. This cost structure allows the business to scale profitability effectively whenever commodity pricing cooperates.
Low-cost Appalachian acreage anchors a cost-advantage moat that locks in operational longevity. Sitting in the top decile for gross margin at 90.2%, rivals cannot replicate this low-cost structure without owning equivalent Tier-1 acreage.
Revenue grew 26.9% recently, rebounding from prior-year declines and landing in the top quartile of its sector at the 81st percentile for growth, driven by recovering production and export pricing dynamics.
Debt-to-equity sits at 0.3 with interest coverage at 13.1x, making debt servicing manageable. Free cash flow reached $680 million, improving from prior years as net debt ticked down to $1.2B, pointing to a steadily strengthening balance sheet.
Insiders
Executives and directors, from SEC Form 4 filings we read ourselves. Open market trades only; grants, option exercises and pre-planned sales left out.
1 sold $140K outside pre-planned sales.
Our sealed record on RRC
Verdicts appear here 30 days after we publish them; members see today's. Each one is in the nightly ledger, fingerprinted the night it was made.
The first sealed verdicts appear here on Oct 11, 2026.
Questions
Range Resources scores good on the Cluenex quality check (6.4 of 10), measured against its own industry. Profitability is strong, moat fair, growth steady and financial health strong.
In the last 90 days of SEC Form 4 filings: 1 sold $140K outside pre-planned sales.
Oct 27, 2026, after the close.
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Cite this page: Cluenex, “Range Resources (RRC)”, https://cluenex.com/stocks/rrc/, data as of Oct 10, 2026.