Q4 EPS Estimates for EOG Resources Reduced by Zacks Research

EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research lowered their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of EOG Resources in a research report issued on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now expects that the energy exploration company will post earnings per share of $2.95 for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.97. The consensus estimate for EOG Resources’ current full-year earnings is $11.47 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for EOG Resources’ Q2 2026 earnings at $2.90 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.02 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $11.62 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently commented on EOG. UBS Group decreased their target price on EOG Resources from $165.00 to $160.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, March 4th. Citigroup cut EOG Resources from a “neutral” rating to a “reduce” rating in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Mizuho reduced their price objective on EOG Resources from $156.00 to $148.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, December 16th. Royal Bank of Canada raised EOG Resources from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $150.00 to $155.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley cut their target price on EOG Resources from $143.00 to $142.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have given a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $145.86.

EOG Resources Stock Performance

EOG opened at $124.04 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $68.71 billion, a PE ratio of 9.99, a P/E/G ratio of 3.58 and a beta of 1.25. The company has a quick ratio of 2.07, a current ratio of 2.31 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $129.55 and a 200-day simple moving average of $127.61. EOG Resources has a fifty-two week low of $115.78 and a fifty-two week high of $139.67.

EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) last posted its earnings results on Friday, February 28th. The energy exploration company reported $2.74 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.55 by $0.19. EOG Resources had a return on equity of 23.77% and a net margin of 29.18%. The firm had revenue of $5.59 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $5.96 billion.

EOG Resources Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 30th. Investors of record on Wednesday, April 16th will be paid a $0.975 dividend. This represents a $3.90 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 3.14%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, April 16th. EOG Resources’s payout ratio is presently 34.73%.

Insider Transactions at EOG Resources

In other news, COO Jeffrey R. Leitzell sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $120.89, for a total transaction of $483,560.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 42,703 shares in the company, valued at $5,162,365.67. This represents a 8.56 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Company insiders own 0.30% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On EOG Resources

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Wealthfront Advisers LLC lifted its stake in EOG Resources by 4,642.2% in the 4th quarter. Wealthfront Advisers LLC now owns 2,852,238 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock valued at $349,627,000 after purchasing an additional 2,792,092 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its holdings in EOG Resources by 5.2% in the 4th quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 45,919,327 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock valued at $5,628,497,000 after acquiring an additional 2,270,013 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. raised its holdings in EOG Resources by 64.7% in the 3rd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 5,284,228 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock valued at $694,717,000 after acquiring an additional 2,076,134 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. bought a new position in EOG Resources in the 4th quarter valued at about $171,193,000. Finally, Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in EOG Resources by 856.7% in the 3rd quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 1,200,851 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock valued at $147,621,000 after acquiring an additional 1,075,334 shares during the period. 89.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.