PXD vs. EOG, FANG, DVN, MRO, EQT, OXY, E, CNQ, CVE, and CTRA
Should you be buying Pioneer Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pioneer Natural Resources include EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Marathon Oil (MRO), EQT (EQT), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Coterra Energy (CTRA). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability 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.
80.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of EOG Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Pioneer Natural Resources has a beta of 1.31, meaning that its share price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its share price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Pioneer Natural Resources presently has a consensus price target of $264.10, suggesting a potential downside of 3.98%. EOG Resources has a consensus price target of $142.19, suggesting a potential upside of 5.48%. Given EOG Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than Pioneer Natural Resources.
Pioneer Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Pioneer Natural Resources pays out 24.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EOG Resources pays out 28.0% 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 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.
In the previous week, EOG Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Pioneer Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for EOG Resources and 13 mentions for Pioneer Natural Resources. Pioneer Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat EOG Resources' score of 0.84 indicating that Pioneer Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Pioneer Natural Resources on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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