Ratios

		vs industry	vs history
P/E(ttm)	40.80	QEP's P/E(ttm) is ranked lower than 89% of the 415 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 0.40 vs. QEP: 40.80 )	QEP' s 10-Year P/E(ttm) Range Min: 13.42   Max: 43.51 Current: 40.8 13.42 43.51
P/B	1.60	QEP's P/B is ranked lower than 67% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 1.32 vs. QEP: 1.60 )	QEP' s 10-Year P/B Range Min: 1.34   Max: 2.55 Current: 1.6 1.34 2.55
P/S	2.13	QEP's P/S is ranked higher than 64% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 3.55 vs. QEP: 2.13 )	QEP' s 10-Year P/S Range Min: 1.48   Max: 5.68 Current: 2.13 1.48 5.68
EV-to-EBIT	-73.02	QEP's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than 88% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 15.22 vs. QEP: -73.02 )	QEP' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range Min: 9.3   Max: 36.3 Current: -73.02 9.3 36.3
Shiller P/E	22.07	QEP's Shiller P/E is ranked lower than 83% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 19.33 vs. QEP: 22.07 )	QEP' s 10-Year Shiller P/E Range Min: 14.05   Max: 24.6 Current: 22.07 14.05 24.6

Dividend & Buy Back

		vs industry	vs history
Dividend Yield	0.27	QEP's Dividend Yield is ranked higher than 79% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 2.86 vs. QEP: 0.27 )	QEP' s 10-Year Dividend Yield Range Min: 0.06   Max: 0.32 Current: 0.27 0.06 0.32
Dividend Payout	0.1	QEP's Dividend Payout is ranked lower than 82% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 0.55 vs. QEP: 0.1 )	QEP' s 10-Year Dividend Payout Range Min: 0.02   Max: 0.11 Current: 0.1 0.02 0.11
Yield on cost (5-Year)	0.30	QEP's Yield on cost (5-Year) is ranked higher than 77% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 2.54 vs. QEP: 0.30 )	QEP' s 10-Year Yield on cost (5-Year) Range Min: 0.06   Max: 0.32 Current: 0.3 0.06 0.32

Valuation & Return

		vs industry	vs history
Price/Net Current Asset Value	19.8	QEP's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked higher than 75% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 23.25 vs. QEP: 19.8 )	QEP' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range Min: 16   Max: 28.8 Current: 19.8 16 28.8
Price/Tangible Book	1.6	QEP's Price/Tangible Book is ranked higher than 70% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 1.40 vs. QEP: 1.6 )	QEP' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range Min: 1.6   Max: 2.2 Current: 1.6 1.6 2.2
Price/Median PS Value	1	QEP's Price/Median PS Value is ranked higher than 78% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. QEP: 1 )	QEP' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range Min: 0.7   Max: 1.7 Current: 1 0.7 1.7
Price/Graham Number	1.7	QEP's Price/Graham Number is ranked lower than 73% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 1.00 vs. QEP: 1.7 )	QEP' s 10-Year Price/Graham Number Range Min: 1.2   Max: 1.8 Current: 1.7 1.2 1.8
Earnings Yield (Greenblatt)	2.80	QEP's Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) is ranked higher than 67% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: 5.00 vs. QEP: 2.80 )	QEP' s 10-Year Earnings Yield (Greenblatt) Range Min: 2.8   Max: 10.7 Current: 2.8 2.8 10.7
Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman)	-1.24	QEP's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) is ranked lower than 61% of the 463 Companies in the Global Oil & Gas E&P industry. ( Industry Median: -17.69 vs. QEP: -1.24 )	QEP' s 10-Year Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) Range Min: -1.3   Max: -0.2 Current: -1.24 -1.3 -0.2

Business Description

QEP Resources, Inc. is incorporated in the state of Delaware. The company is an independent natural gas and oil exploration and production company. QEP is a holding company with three major lines of business - gas and oil exploration and production, midstream field services, and energy marketing - which are conducted through three principal subsidiaries: QEP Energy Company (QEP Energy) acquires, explores for, develops and produces natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids. It operates in two core regions - the Rocky Mountain region and the Midcontinent region.QEP Energy, both directly and through QEP Marketing, sells natural gas production to a variety of customers, including gas-marketing firms, industrial users and local-distribution companies. QEP Energy operations are subject to various government controls and regulation at the federal, state and local levels; QEP Field Services Company (QEP Field Services) provides midstream field services including natural gas gathering, processing and treating services for affiliates and third parties. Its Field Services generated approximately 27% of the Company's operating income in 2010; QEP Marketing Company (QEP Marketing) markets equity and third-party natural gas and oil, provides risk-management services, and owns and operates an underground gas-storage reservoir and generated approximately 1% of the Company's operating income in 2010. QEP Marketing concentrates on markets in the Rocky Mountains, Pacific Northwest and Midcontinent that are either close to affiliate reserves and production or accessible by major pipelines. QEP Marketing contracts for firm-transportation capacity on pipelines and firm-storage capacity at Clay Basin, a large baseload-storage facility. QEP Marketing, through its subsidiary Clear Creek Storage Company, LLC, operates an underground gas-storage reservoir in southwestern Wyoming. The company operates in the Rocky Mountain and Midcontinent regions of the United States and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. It faces intense competition from: large multi-national, integrated oil companies; United States independent oil and gas companies; service companies engaging in oil and gas exploration and production activities; private oil and gas equity funds. The company through Clear Creek Storage Company, LLC, operates an underground gas-storage facility under the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The FERC establishes rates for the storage of natural gas. The FERC also regulates, among other things, the extension and enlargement or abandonment of jurisdictional natural gas facilities.
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