Q1 EPS Estimates for EOG Resources Raised by Analyst

EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) – Investment analysts at Capital One Financial increased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for EOG Resources in a research report issued to clients and investors on Wednesday, January 8th. Capital One Financial analyst P. Johnston now forecasts that the energy exploration company will earn $2.78 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.41. The consensus estimate for EOG Resources’ current full-year earnings is $11.47 per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for EOG Resources’ Q2 2025 earnings at $2.91 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $3.06 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $3.14 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $11.88 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $12.37 EPS.

Several other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Mizuho dropped their price objective on EOG Resources from $156.00 to $148.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, December 16th. Raymond James raised their target price on shares of EOG Resources from $156.00 to $167.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of EOG Resources from $135.00 to $137.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. KeyCorp decreased their price objective on shares of EOG Resources from $157.00 to $150.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, October 16th. Finally, Citigroup boosted their price objective on EOG Resources from $127.00 to $134.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 26th. Thirteen research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, nine have assigned a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $143.48.

EOG Resources Price Performance

EOG Resources stock opened at $135.91 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $76.44 billion, a PE ratio of 10.94, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.37 and a beta of 1.29. EOG Resources has a 12-month low of $108.94 and a 12-month high of $139.67. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $128.48 and a 200-day moving average price of $126.84. The company has a current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

EOG Resources Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, January 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, January 17th will be paid a $0.975 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, January 17th. This represents a $3.90 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.87%. This is a positive change from EOG Resources’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.91. EOG Resources’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 31.40%.

EOG Resources announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Thursday, November 7th that allows the company to repurchase $5.00 billion in shares. This repurchase authorization allows the energy exploration company to buy up to 7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.

Insider Activity at EOG Resources

In other EOG Resources news, COO Jeffrey R. Leitzell sold 4,000 shares of EOG Resources stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.89, for a total value of $483,560.00. Following the transaction, the chief operating officer now owns 42,703 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,162,365.67. The trade was a 8.56 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Janet F. Clark sold 568 shares of EOG Resources stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $135.33, for a total value of $76,867.44. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 43,532 shares in the company, valued at $5,891,185.56. The trade was a 1.29 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.30% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. LPL Financial LLC raised its position in shares of EOG Resources by 12.2% in the 2nd quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 394,327 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $49,634,000 after acquiring an additional 42,982 shares in the last quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. increased its holdings in shares of EOG Resources by 631.2% in the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 94,590 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $11,906,000 after purchasing an additional 81,654 shares in the last quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC lifted its stake in EOG Resources by 3.3% during the 2nd quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 5,888 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock valued at $741,000 after acquiring an additional 186 shares during the period. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. boosted its holdings in EOG Resources by 29.8% in the second quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 77,520 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $9,757,000 after purchasing an additional 17,809 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of EOG Resources by 4.3% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 2,093,902 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $263,559,000 after acquiring an additional 85,530 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 89.91% of the company’s stock.

EOG Resources Company Profile

EOG Resources, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, explores for, develops, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas primarily in producing basins in the United States, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and internationally. The company was formerly known as Enron Oil & Gas Company.