EOG vs. COP, FANG, DVN, EQT, MRO, RRC, SWN, MTDR, SM, and CRK
Should you be buying EOG Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of EOG Resources include ConocoPhillips (COP), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), and Comstock Resources (CRK). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and earnings.
ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.32, meaning that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ConocoPhillips pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EOG Resources pays out 28.8% 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. ConocoPhillips has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years and EOG Resources has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years. EOG Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to EOG Resources' net margin of 18.40%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 24.83% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.
EOG Resources received 407 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.25% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 66.35% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
ConocoPhillips currently has a consensus target price of $144.35, suggesting a potential upside of 28.67%. EOG Resources has a consensus target price of $142.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.97%. Given EOG Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EOG Resources.
ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than EOG Resources. EOG Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConocoPhillips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips both had 20 articles in the media. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.73 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of EOG Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
EOG Resources beats ConocoPhillips on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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