EOG vs. PXD, FANG, DVN, CNQ, OXY, E, CVE, EC, CTRA, and TTE
Should you be buying EOG Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EOG Resources include Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and TotalEnergies (TTE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 31.40% compared to Pioneer Natural Resources' net margin of 25.28%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 25.38% beat Pioneer Natural Resources' return on equity.
EOG Resources presently has a consensus price target of $142.19, suggesting a potential upside of 4.78%. Pioneer Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $264.10, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Given EOG Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than Pioneer Natural Resources.
In the previous week, Pioneer Natural Resources had 1 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Pioneer Natural Resources and 19 mentions for EOG Resources. Pioneer Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat EOG Resources' score of 0.66 indicating that Pioneer Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Pioneer Natural Resources. EOG Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pioneer Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Pioneer Natural Resources received 16 more outperform votes than EOG Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.34% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 70.65% of users gave Pioneer Natural Resources an outperform vote.
EOG Resources has a beta of 1.4, indicating that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pioneer Natural Resources has a beta of 1.31, indicating that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pioneer Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. EOG Resources pays out 28.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pioneer Natural Resources pays out 24.7% 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.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Pioneer Natural Resources on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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