ConocoPhillips (COP) Competitors

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

Is COP or EOG more profitable?

EOG Resources has a net margin of 29.18% compared to ConocoPhillips' net margin of 17.29%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 23.77% beat ConocoPhillips' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ConocoPhillips	17.29%	19.53%	10.09%
EOG Resources	29.18%	23.77%	15.24%

Which has better earnings and valuation, COP or EOG?

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
ConocoPhillips	$58.57B	2.00	$10.96B	$8.41	12.11
EOG Resources	$24.19B	3.06	$7.59B	$12.42	10.61

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

82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, COP or EOG?

ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.19, meaning that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is COP or EOG a better dividend stock?

ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ConocoPhillips pays out 37.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EOG Resources pays out 31.4% 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.

Do analysts rate COP or EOG?

ConocoPhillips currently has a consensus price target of $135.89, indicating a potential upside of 33.38%. EOG Resources has a consensus price target of $143.86, indicating a potential upside of 9.21%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EOG Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ConocoPhillips	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.05
EOG Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	13 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.45

Does the media prefer COP or EOG?

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 23 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 61 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 38 mentions for EOG Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 1.12 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ConocoPhillips	47 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EOG Resources	26 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community favor COP or EOG?

EOG Resources received 398 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.61% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 66.63% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ConocoPhillips	Outperform Votes 1088 66.63%	Underperform Votes 545 33.37%
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1486 71.61%	Underperform Votes 589 28.39%

Summary

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