DVN vs. FANG, EQT, MRO, RRC, PXD, EOG, CVE, EC, CTRA, and OVV
Should you be buying Devon Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Devon Energy include Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), EOG Resources (EOG), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus target price of $202.53, suggesting a potential downside of 2.21%. Devon Energy has a consensus target price of $58.33, suggesting a potential upside of 10.87%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than Diamondback Energy.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 37.36% compared to Diamondback Energy's net margin of 24.56%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 31.72% beat Devon Energy's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Diamondback Energy pays out 20.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Devon Energy pays out 15.1% 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. Diamondback Energy has raised its dividend for 6 consecutive years. Diamondback Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Devon Energy had 14 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Devon Energy and 22 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Devon Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.15 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.98 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Devon Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Diamondback Energy. Devon Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diamondback Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% 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 company will outperform the market over the long term.
Diamondback Energy received 7 more outperform votes than Devon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.12% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 71.46% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Devon Energy has a beta of 2.19, suggesting that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Devon Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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