Devon Energy (DVN) Competitors

Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, media sentiment and profitability.

Is DVN or EOG a better dividend stock?

Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Devon Energy pays out 16.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EOG Resources pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, DVN or EOG?

EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Devon Energy. Devon Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EOG Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Devon Energy	$15.26B	1.93	$3.75B	$5.24	8.89
EOG Resources	$24.19B	2.88	$7.59B	$12.66	9.57

Do analysts recommend DVN or EOG?

Devon Energy presently has a consensus target price of $58.83, suggesting a potential upside of 25.93%. EOG Resources has a consensus target price of $142.09, suggesting a potential upside of 16.70%. Given Devon Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than EOG Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Devon Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
EOG Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of DVN or EOG?

69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, DVN or EOG?

Devon Energy has a beta of 2.08, meaning that its stock price is 108% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer DVN or EOG?

In the previous week, EOG Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Devon Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for EOG Resources and 11 mentions for Devon Energy. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat Devon Energy's score of 1.03 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Devon Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EOG Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DVN or EOG?

EOG Resources received 129 more outperform votes than Devon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.25% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 71.50% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Devon Energy	Outperform Votes 1337 71.50%	Underperform Votes 533 28.50%
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1466 72.25%	Underperform Votes 563 27.75%

Is DVN or EOG more profitable?

EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to Devon Energy's net margin of 22.27%. Devon Energy's return on equity of 29.02% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Devon Energy	22.27%	29.02%	14.20%
EOG Resources	30.33%	24.83%	15.82%

Summary

EOG Resources beats Devon Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.