Q4 EPS Estimates for EOG Resources Reduced by Zacks Research

EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE:EOG) – Equities researchers at Zacks Research lowered their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for EOG Resources in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday, March 12th. Zacks Research analyst R. Department now forecasts 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.

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

Several other research analysts also recently commented on EOG. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of EOG Resources from $143.00 to $142.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 3rd. StockNews.com downgraded shares of EOG Resources from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, February 21st. Royal Bank of Canada upgraded shares of EOG Resources from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $150.00 to $155.00 in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Williams Trading set a $154.00 price objective on shares of EOG Resources in a research report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Barclays decreased their target price on shares of EOG Resources from $148.00 to $146.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, February 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, eleven have issued a hold rating, nine have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $145.86.

EOG Resources Stock Up 2.4 %

Shares of EOG opened at $124.04 on Friday. EOG Resources has a 12 month low of $115.78 and a 12 month high of $139.67. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $129.55 and its 200-day moving average is $127.61. The stock has a market capitalization 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 current ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 2.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

EOG Resources Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, COO Jeffrey R. Leitzell sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $5,162,365.67. This represents a 8.56 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. 0.30% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of EOG. Insight Inv LLC boosted its holdings in EOG Resources by 0.8% in the 3rd quarter. Insight Inv LLC now owns 9,385 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $1,154,000 after buying an additional 75 shares during the period. Essex Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in EOG Resources by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Essex Financial Services Inc. now owns 6,145 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $753,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Valmark Advisers Inc. boosted its holdings in EOG Resources by 2.6% in the 4th quarter. Valmark Advisers Inc. now owns 3,140 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $385,000 after buying an additional 79 shares during the period. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators boosted its holdings in EOG Resources by 8.8% in the 4th quarter. Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators now owns 989 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $121,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the period. Finally, 1ST Source Bank boosted its holdings in EOG Resources by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. 1ST Source Bank now owns 5,349 shares of the energy exploration company’s stock worth $656,000 after buying an additional 80 shares during the period. 89.91% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

About EOG Resources

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.