EOG vs. PXD, FANG, DVN, CNQ, OXY, E, CVE, CTRA, TTE, and SHEL
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), Coterra Energy (CTRA), TotalEnergies (TTE), and Shell (SHEL). 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends and media sentiment.
80.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of EOG Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Pioneer Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Pioneer Natural Resources pays out 24.7% 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. Pioneer Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 2 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 24.28%. Pioneer Natural Resources' return on equity of 24.83% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.
Pioneer Natural Resources received 14 more outperform votes than EOG Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 72.30% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 70.58% of users gave Pioneer Natural Resources an outperform vote.
Pioneer Natural Resources has a beta of 1.28, indicating that its stock price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, EOG Resources had 13 more articles in the media than Pioneer Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for EOG Resources and 9 mentions for Pioneer Natural Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Pioneer Natural Resources' score of 0.82 indicating that Pioneer Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the 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 currently has a consensus price target of $264.10, indicating a potential downside of 2.05%. EOG Resources has a consensus price target of $142.27, indicating a potential upside of 9.36%. Given Pioneer Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than Pioneer Natural Resources.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Pioneer Natural Resources on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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