COP vs. EOG, FANG, EQT, DVN, RRC, CRK, MTDR, SM, KOS, and SD
Should you be buying ConocoPhillips stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConocoPhillips include EOG Resources (EOG), Diamondback Energy (FANG), EQT (EQT), Devon Energy (DVN), Range Resources (RRC), Comstock Resources (CRK), Matador Resources (MTDR), SM Energy (SM), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and SandRidge Energy (SD). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas exploration & production" industry.
ConocoPhillips vs.
EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
EOG Resources received 394 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.26% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 66.71% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. EOG Resources pays out 34.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips pays out 40.1% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 5 more articles in the media than EOG Resources. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 39 mentions for EOG Resources. EOG Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.99 indicating that EOG Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
EOG Resources has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
EOG Resources presently has a consensus price target of $144.19, indicating a potential upside of 33.97%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus price target of $129.74, indicating a potential upside of 50.30%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EOG Resources.
EOG Resources has a net margin of 29.18% compared to ConocoPhillips' net margin of 16.23%. EOG Resources' return on equity of 23.77% beat ConocoPhillips' return on equity.
89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of EOG Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments 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.
Summary
EOG Resources beats ConocoPhillips on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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