ConocoPhillips (COP) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in COP or EOG?

82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 89.9% of EOG Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of ConocoPhillips 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, COP or EOG?

ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, EOG Resources has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend COP or EOG?

ConocoPhillips presently has a consensus target price of $133.05, suggesting a potential upside of 30.08%. EOG Resources has a consensus target price of $145.33, suggesting a potential upside of 13.23%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than EOG Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ConocoPhillips	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
EOG Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52

Does the media favor COP or EOG?

In the previous week, ConocoPhillips and ConocoPhillips both had 46 articles in the media. ConocoPhillips' average media sentiment score of 1.61 beat EOG Resources' score of 0.96 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ConocoPhillips	41 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
EOG Resources	31 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher valuation and earnings, COP or EOG?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ConocoPhillips	$54.75B	2.38	$9.25B	$7.79	13.13
EOG Resources	$23.38B	3.04	$7.59B	$11.23	11.43

Is COP or EOG more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ConocoPhillips	16.23%	17.26%	8.98%
EOG Resources	29.18%	23.77%	15.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer COP or EOG?

EOG Resources received 396 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.31% of users gave EOG Resources an outperform vote while only 66.69% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ConocoPhillips	Outperform Votes 1093 66.69%	Underperform Votes 546 33.31%
EOG Resources	Outperform Votes 1489 71.31%	Underperform Votes 599 28.69%

Is COP or EOG a better dividend stock?

ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. EOG Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ConocoPhillips pays out 40.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. EOG Resources pays out 34.7% 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.

Summary

EOG Resources beats ConocoPhillips on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.