Take This Into Account Before Investing in EOG

By Emilio Sanchez • Tuesday, August 29 10:04 • Permanent Link

EOG Resources logged a -0.6% change during today's morning session, and is now trading at a price of $126.71 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 0.0%. EOG's trading volume is 110,294 compared to the stock's average volume of 3,210,490.

EOG Resources trades -13.32% away from its average analyst target price of $146.18 per share. The 28 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $113.0 to $169.0, and on average have given EOG Resources a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in EOG, you'll want to know the following:

EOG Resources's current price is 12.5% above its Graham number of $112.64, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
EOG Resources has moved 9.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 13.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 14.84, EOG Resources has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 8.5 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
EOG has a forward P/E ratio of 9.9 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $12.76 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of -11.53 — a number near or below 1 signifying that EOG Resources is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 2.81 compared to its sector average of 1.68
EOG Resources, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, explores for, develops, produces, and markets crude oil, and natural gas and natural gas liquids.
Based in Houston, the company has 2,850 full time employees and a market cap of $74.11 Billion. EOG Resources currently returns an annual dividend yield of 2.5%.

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