DVN vs. EOG, FANG, MRO, EQT, RRC, MTDR, SWN, SM, CRK, and KOS
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), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), SM Energy (SM), Comstock Resources (CRK), and Kosmos Energy (KOS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, risk and valuation.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to EOG Resources' net margin of 22.27%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 29.02% beat Devon Energy's return on equity.
EOG Resources currently has a consensus price target of $143.20, indicating a potential upside of 12.58%. Devon Energy has a consensus price target of $59.13, indicating a potential upside of 27.59%. Given EOG Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than EOG Resources.
In the previous week, Devon Energy had 1 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Devon Energy and 19 mentions for EOG Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Devon Energy's score of 0.68 indicating that Devon Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EOG Resources received 121 more outperform votes than Devon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.07% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 71.42% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote.
EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 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. Devon Energy pays out 16.8% 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 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devon Energy has a beta of 2.07, indicating that its share price is 107% 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.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Devon Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Devon Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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