COP vs. EOG, PXD, FANG, DVN, EQT, MRO, RRC, SWN, MTDR, and SM
Should you be buying ConocoPhillips stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConocoPhillips include EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), and SM Energy (SM). 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends and valuation.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 42 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 11 mentions for EOG Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.67 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.25, suggesting that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.38, suggesting that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to ConocoPhillips' net margin of 18.40%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 24.83% beat ConocoPhillips' return on equity.
ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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 presently has a consensus target price of $144.65, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. EOG Resources has a consensus target price of $142.09, suggesting a potential upside of 14.08%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EOG Resources.
82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
EOG Resources received 410 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.25% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 66.37% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
Summary
EOG Resources beats ConocoPhillips on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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