EOG vs. PXD, FANG, DVN, CNQ, OXY, E, CVE, CTRA, TTE, and SHEL
Should you be buying EOG Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EOG Resources include Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Coterra Energy (CTRA), TotalEnergies (TTE), and Shell (SHEL). 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 better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
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 a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pioneer Natural Resources has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock 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.
In the previous week, EOG Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Pioneer Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for EOG Resources and 34 mentions for Pioneer Natural Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Pioneer Natural Resources' score of 0.27 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Pioneer Natural Resources received 15 more outperform votes than EOG Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.32% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 70.62% of users gave Pioneer Natural Resources an outperform vote.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to Pioneer Natural Resources' net margin of 25.28%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 25.11% beat Pioneer Natural Resources' return on equity.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
EOG Resources presently has a consensus price target of $142.27, suggesting a potential upside of 9.42%. Pioneer Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $264.10, suggesting a potential downside of 2.05%. Given EOG Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than Pioneer Natural Resources.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Pioneer Natural Resources on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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