DVN vs. EOG, FANG, EQT, RRC, CRK, MTDR, SM, KOS, SD, and EGY
Should you be buying Devon Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Devon Energy include EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), SandRidge Energy (SD), and Vaalco Energy (EGY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
Devon Energy vs. Its Competitors
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
EOG Resources presently has a consensus target price of $139.48, indicating a potential upside of 13.45%. Devon Energy has a consensus target price of $43.50, indicating a potential upside of 30.43%. Given Devon Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than EOG Resources.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of EOG Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
EOG Resources has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devon Energy has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 26.14% compared to Devon Energy's net margin of 16.60%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 22.35% beat Devon Energy's return on equity.
EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. EOG Resources pays out 36.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Devon Energy pays out 21.9% 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 increased its dividend for 8 consecutive years and Devon Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. EOG Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, EOG Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Devon Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for EOG Resources and 16 mentions for Devon Energy. Devon Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat EOG Resources' score of 1.29 indicating that Devon Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Devon Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:DVN) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff