EOG Resources (EOG) Q3 Earnings And Revenues Beat Estimates

EOG Resources (NYSE:EOG), Inc. (NYSE:E) delivered third-quarter 2018 adjusted earnings of $1.75 per share, which outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.56 and improved significantly from the year-ago quarter’s 19 cents.

Total revenues increased 80.8% year over year to $4,781.6 million and exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $4,566 million.

Notably, increased production as well as higher oil and gas price realizations led to the impressive results in the quarter under review.

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Operational Performance

EOG Resources’ total volume in the third quarter increased 25.3% year over year to 68.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (MMBoe), beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 68MMBoe.

Crude oil and condensate production totalled 415 thousand barrels per day (MBbl/d), up 26.6% from the prior-year quarter’s level and ahead of the consensus mark of 410 MBbl/d. Natural gas liquids (NGL) volumes rose 46.2% year over year to 127.8MBbl/d and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 116MBbl/d. Also, natural gas volumes increased to 1,236 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) from the year-earlier quarter’s level of 1,096 MMcf/d but lagged the consensus estimate of 1,265MMcf/d.

Average price realization for crude oil and condensates grew more than 44% year over year to $69.55 per barrel and surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $68 a barrel. Quarterly NGL prices increased 34.5% from $22.38 in the prior-year quarter to $30.09 per barrel and trumped the consensus mark of $26.7. Natural gas was sold at $2.74 per thousand cubic feet (Mcf), up 25.1% year over year and above the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $2.63 per Mcf.

Liquidity Position

At the end of the third quarter, EOG Resources had cash and cash equivalents of $1,274.1 million and long-term debt of $5,171.9 million. This represents a debt-to-capitalization ratio of 21.8%.

During the quarter, the company generated discretionary cash flow of approximately $2,282.3 million compared with $1,169.4 million in the year-ago quarter.

Guidance

For 2018, EOG Resources expects total production between 714.9MBoe/d and 723.2MBoe/d. Of which, crude volumes are projected between 398 MBbl/d and 400MBbl/d. For the fourth quarter, the company anticipates total production in the range of 747.7-779.9MBoe/d.

Moreover, EOG Resources is planning to invest $4,900-$5,000 million of capital in exploration and development activities through 2018.

Zacks Rank & Key Picks

EOG Resources carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). A few top-ranked players in the same sector are Murphy Oil Corporation (NYSE:MUR) , Enbridge Inc (NYSE:E) and Eni SpA (NYSE:E) , each carrying a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.

El Dorado, AR-based Murphy Oil is a global oil and gas exploration as well as production company. It delivered an average positive earnings surprise of 96.5% in the last four quarters.

Headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Enbridge is a leading energy infrastructure company. In the trailing four quarters, the company delivered an average positive earnings surprise of 35.3%.

Based in Rome, Italy, Eni is among the leading integrated energy players in the world. The partnership witnessed a negative earnings surprise of 0.3% in the preceding four quarters.

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