DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE vs ECOPETROL S.A., two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where DVN and EC diverge most: on debt / equity, DVN reads 0.61 and EC reads 0.00; on p/e, DVN reads 11.8 and EC reads 183.9. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What DVN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EC's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | DVN | EC |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $42.18 | $14.74 |
| Market cap | $26.1B | $606.1B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.4% | — |
| P/E | 11.8 | 183.9 |
| P/B | 1.69 | 24.03 |
| P/S | 1.52 | 19.09 |
| EV/EBITDA | 9.4 | 65.8 |
| Revenue growth | +2.6% | +34.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 35.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 28.9% |
| Net margin | 13.2% | 13.9% |
| Return on equity | 14.7% | 17.5% |
| Return on assets | 7.0% | 6.2% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 21.9% |
| FCF yield | 11.2% | 1.4% |
| Dividend yield | 1.6% | — |
| Debt / equity | 0.61 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.01 | 1.53 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.97 | 7.01 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 5 / 9 |
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