Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) closed at $216.50 in the latest trading session, marking a +0.63% move from the prior day. The stock outpaced the S&P 500's daily loss of 2.11%. Meanwhile, the Dow lost 1.54%, and the Nasdaq, a tech-heavy index, lost 0.3%.
Heading into today, shares of the independent oil and gas company had lost 15.04% over the past month, lagging the Oils-Energy sector's loss of 11.61% and the S&P 500's loss of 8.19% in that time.
Pioneer Natural Resources will be looking to display strength as it nears its next earnings release. On that day, Pioneer Natural Resources is projected to report earnings of $8.19 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 98.31%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $6.67 billion, up 49.44% from the year-ago period.
PXD's full-year Zacks Consensus Estimates are calling for earnings of $32.75 per share and revenue of $26.45 billion. These results would represent year-over-year changes of +146.98% and +80.65%, respectively.
Investors might also notice recent changes to analyst estimates for Pioneer Natural Resources. These revisions typically reflect the latest short-term business trends, which can change frequently. As such, positive estimate revisions reflect analyst optimism about the company's business and profitability.
Based on our research, we believe these estimate revisions are directly related to near-team stock moves. Investors can capitalize on this by using the Zacks Rank. This model considers these estimate changes and provides a simple, actionable rating system.
The Zacks Rank system, which ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell), has an impressive outside-audited track record of outperformance, with #1 stocks generating an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection has moved 2.15% lower. Pioneer Natural Resources currently has a Zacks Rank of #3 (Hold).
Digging into valuation, Pioneer Natural Resources currently has a Forward P/E ratio of 6.57. Its industry sports an average Forward P/E of 4.5, so we one might conclude that Pioneer Natural Resources is trading at a premium comparatively.
Also, we should mention that PXD has a PEG ratio of 0.77. This popular metric is similar to the widely-known P/E ratio, with the difference being that the PEG ratio also takes into account the company's expected earnings growth rate. The Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States was holding an average PEG ratio of 0.21 at yesterday's closing price.
The Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States industry is part of the Oils-Energy sector. This industry currently has a Zacks Industry Rank of 28, which puts it in the top 12% of all 250+ industries.
The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our individual industry groups by measuring the average Zacks Rank of the individual stocks within the groups. Our research shows that the top 50% rated industries outperform the bottom half by a factor of 2 to 1.
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