Financial Review: EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) & ZaZa Energy (OTCMKTS:ZAZA)

ZaZa Energy (OTCMKTS:ZAZA) and EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and price targets for ZaZa Energy and EOG Resources, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ZaZa Energy	0	0	0	0	0.00
EOG Resources	0	17	11	2	2.50

EOG Resources has a consensus target price of $153.82, indicating a potential upside of 14.21%. Given EOG Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe EOG Resources is more favorable than ZaZa Energy.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares ZaZa Energy and EOG Resources”s revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ZaZa Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
EOG Resources	$22.63 billion	3.19	$4.98 billion	$9.11	14.78

EOG Resources has higher revenue and earnings than ZaZa Energy.

Profitability

This table compares ZaZa Energy and EOG Resources’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ZaZa Energy	N/A	N/A	N/A
EOG Resources	23.01%	19.43%	11.55%

Institutional and Insider Ownership

89.9% of EOG Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 56.9% of ZaZa Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of EOG Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

EOG Resources beats ZaZa Energy on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

About ZaZa Energy

ZaZa Energy Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, focuses on the exploration and production of unconventional and conventional oil and gas assets in the United States. The company's properties include the Eagle Ford East Trend comprising approximately 41,000 net acres in Houston, Leon, Madison, Grimes, Walker, Trinity, and Montgomery counties in East Texas; and Eagle Ford Trend covering approximately 3,700 net acres located in DeWitt and Lavaca counties in South Texas. ZaZa Energy Corporation is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

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. EOG Resources, Inc. was incorporated in 1985 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.