PXD vs. COP, EOG, FANG, DVN, EQT, MRO, RRC, SWN, MTDR, and SM
Should you be buying Pioneer Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Pioneer Natural Resources include ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), 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 Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE:PXD) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
ConocoPhillips currently has a consensus price target of $144.65, suggesting a potential upside of 24.18%. Pioneer Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $264.10, suggesting a potential downside of 2.05%. Given Pioneer Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than Pioneer Natural Resources.
Pioneer Natural Resources received 422 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 70.48% of users gave Pioneer Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 66.37% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
Pioneer Natural Resources has a net margin of 24.28% compared to Pioneer Natural Resources' net margin of 18.40%. ConocoPhillips' return on equity of 21.21% beat Pioneer Natural Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 49 more articles in the media than Pioneer Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 53 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 4 mentions for Pioneer Natural Resources. Pioneer Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.06 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its share price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pioneer Natural Resources has a beta of 1.28, meaning that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than Pioneer Natural Resources. ConocoPhillips 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.
82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Pioneer Natural Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Pioneer Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $5.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ConocoPhillips pays out 26.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pioneer Natural Resources pays out 24.7% 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 Pioneer Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. ConocoPhillips is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
ConocoPhillips and Pioneer Natural Resources tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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