PXD vs. EOG, FANG, DVN, EQT, OXY, E, CNQ, CVE, CTRA, and TTE
Should you be buying Pioneer Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pioneer Natural Resources include EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and TotalEnergies (TTE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
EOG Resources has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pioneer Natural Resources has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Pioneer Natural Resources. EOG Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pioneer Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pioneer Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. EOG Resources pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pioneer Natural Resources pays out 24.7% 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. EOG Resources has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Pioneer Natural Resources has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. EOG Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of EOG Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, EOG Resources had 19 more articles in the media than Pioneer Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for EOG Resources and 5 mentions for Pioneer Natural Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Pioneer Natural Resources' score of 0.63 indicating that Pioneer Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Pioneer Natural Resources received 12 more outperform votes than EOG Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.32% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 70.55% of users gave Pioneer Natural Resources an outperform vote.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to EOG Resources' net margin of 24.28%. Pioneer Natural Resources' return on equity of 24.83% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.
EOG Resources currently has a consensus price target of $143.05, indicating a potential upside of 11.22%. Pioneer Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $264.10, indicating a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Pioneer Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than Pioneer Natural Resources.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Pioneer Natural Resources on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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