CTRA vs. EOG, PXD, OXY, E, CVE, FANG, DVN, EQT, MRO, and OVV
Should you be buying Coterra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coterra Energy include EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and earnings.
EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy. EOG Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
EOG Resources presently has a consensus target price of $142.09, indicating a potential upside of 14.08%. Coterra Energy has a consensus target price of $33.73, indicating a potential upside of 18.28%. Given EOG Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Coterra Energy is more favorable than EOG Resources.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, EOG Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Coterra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for EOG Resources and 8 mentions for Coterra Energy. Coterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat EOG Resources' score of 0.82 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EOG Resources has a beta of 1.38, indicating that its stock price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.22, indicating that its stock price is 78% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to EOG Resources' net margin of 23.34%. Coterra Energy's return on equity of 24.83% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.
EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. EOG Resources pays out 28.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coterra Energy pays out 48.6% 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 raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Coterra Energy has raised its dividend for 8 consecutive years. Coterra Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
EOG Resources received 1412 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.25% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
EOG Resources beats Coterra Energy on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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