ConocoPhillips (COP) Competitors

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

Is EOG or COP a better dividend stock?

EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. EOG Resources pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips pays out 26.3% 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 better earnings and valuation, EOG or COP?

ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than EOG Resources. EOG Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConocoPhillips, 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
EOG Resources	$24.19B	3.02	$7.59B	$12.66	10.05
ConocoPhillips	$55.18B	2.35	$10.96B	$8.83	12.55

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of EOG or COP?

89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend EOG or COP?

EOG Resources currently has a consensus target price of $143.20, indicating a potential upside of 12.58%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus target price of $143.24, indicating a potential upside of 29.20%. Given EOG Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EOG Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
EOG Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
ConocoPhillips	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the media refer more to EOG or COP?

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 5 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 19 mentions for EOG Resources. ConocoPhillips' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat EOG Resources' score of 0.15 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
EOG Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
ConocoPhillips	8 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, EOG or COP?

EOG Resources has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.23, suggesting that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EOG or COP?

EOG Resources received 404 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.07% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1468 72.07%	Underperform Votes 569 27.93%
ConocoPhillips	Outperform Votes 1064 66.33%	Underperform Votes 540 33.67%

Is EOG or COP more profitable?

EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to EOG Resources' net margin of 18.40%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 24.83% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
EOG Resources	30.33%	24.83%	15.82%
ConocoPhillips	18.40%	20.85%	10.79%

Summary

EOG Resources beats ConocoPhillips on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.