Range Resources(US:RRC) ZACKS·2025-04-23 17:55Financial Performance - Range Resources Corporation (RRC) reported first-quarter 2025 adjusted earnings of 96 cents per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 90 cents and improving from 69 cents in the prior year [1] - Total quarterly revenues reached $854 million, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $811 million and increasing from $721 million year-over-year [1] Operational Performance - Production averaged 2,200.3 million cubic feet equivalent per day (Mcfe/d), up from 2,141.5 Mcfe/d in the same quarter last year and exceeding the projection of 2,169.3 Mcfe/d [2] - Natural gas contributed approximately 69% to total production, with natural gas production increasing by 4% year-over-year, while oil production decreased by 30% and NGL output increased by 3% [2] Price Realization - Total price realization averaged $4 per Mcfe, a 37% increase year-over-year, although lower than the estimate of $4.08 per Mcfe [3] - Natural gas price rose by 76% year-over-year to $3.61 per Mcf, while NGL price increased by 6% and oil price fell by 5% [3] Costs & Expenses - Total costs and expenses increased by 9% year-over-year to $580.8 million, exceeding the expectation of $562.9 million [4] - Transportation, gathering, processing, and compression costs rose to $306.1 million from $290.9 million in the prior-year quarter [4] Capital Expenditure & Balance Sheet - Drilling and completion expenditure was $130 million, with an additional $16 million spent on acreage and $1 million on infrastructure and other investments [5] - At the end of the first quarter, total debt stood at $1,696.5 million, net of deferred financing costs [5] Outlook - Range Resources expects total production for 2025 to be 2.2 billion cubic feet equivalent per day, with over 30% attributed to liquids production [6] - The company has projected a capital budget of $650-$690 million for the year [6]