Devon Energy (DVN) Competitors

Devon Energy (NYSE:DVN) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation and dividends.

Do analysts rate DVN or EOG?

Devon Energy presently has a consensus target price of $58.83, suggesting a potential upside of 19.87%. EOG Resources has a consensus target price of $142.09, suggesting a potential upside of 14.08%. Given Devon Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Devon Energy is more favorable than EOG Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Devon Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.76
EOG Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Is DVN or EOG more profitable?

EOG Resources has a net margin of 30.33% compared to Devon Energy's net margin of 22.27%. Devon Energy's return on equity of 29.02% beat EOG Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Devon Energy	22.27%	29.02%	14.20%
EOG Resources	30.33%	24.83%	15.82%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of DVN or EOG?

69.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Devon Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, DVN or EOG?

EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Devon Energy. Devon Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than EOG Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Devon Energy	$15.26B	2.03	$3.75B	$5.24	9.37
EOG Resources	$24.19B	2.96	$7.59B	$12.66	9.84

Does the media prefer DVN or EOG?

In the previous week, Devon Energy had 2 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Devon Energy and 11 mentions for EOG Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Devon Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Devon Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
EOG Resources	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk & volatility, DVN or EOG?

Devon Energy has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.38, meaning that its share price is 38% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in DVN or EOG?

EOG Resources received 129 more outperform votes than Devon Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.25% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 71.50% of users gave Devon Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Devon Energy	Outperform Votes 1337 71.50%	Underperform Votes 533 28.50%
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1466 72.25%	Underperform Votes 563 27.75%

Is DVN or EOG a better dividend stock?

Devon Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 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 2.9%. Devon Energy pays out 16.8% 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.

Summary

EOG Resources beats Devon Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.