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Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know

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In the latest trading session, Pioneer Natural Resources closed at $254.02, marking a +1.38% move from the previous day. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.8% loss on the day. At the same time, the Dow lost 0.3%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 0.03%.

Coming into today, shares of the independent oil and gas company had gained 9.89% in the past month. In that same time, the Oils-Energy sector gained 3.38%, while the S&P 500 lost 5.13%.

Investors will be hoping for strength from Pioneer Natural Resources as it approaches its next earnings release, which is expected to be October 27, 2022. On that day, Pioneer Natural Resources is projected to report earnings of $7.74 per share, which would represent year-over-year growth of 87.41%. Meanwhile, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenue is projecting net sales of $6.58 billion, up 47.51% from the year-ago period.

For the full year, our Zacks Consensus Estimates are projecting earnings of $32.75 per share and revenue of $26.34 billion, which would represent changes of +146.98% and +79.85%, respectively, from the prior year.

Any recent changes to analyst estimates for Pioneer Natural Resources should also be noted by investors. These revisions help to show the ever-changing nature of near-term business trends. With this in mind, we can consider positive estimate revisions a sign of optimism about the company's business outlook.

Our research shows that these estimate changes are directly correlated with near-term stock prices. We developed the Zacks Rank to capitalize on this phenomenon. Our system takes these estimate changes into account and delivers a clear, actionable rating model.

The Zacks Rank system ranges from #1 (Strong Buy) to #5 (Strong Sell). It has a remarkable, outside-audited track record of success, with #1 stocks delivering an average annual return of +25% since 1988. Within the past 30 days, our consensus EPS projection remained stagnant. 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 7.65. This valuation marks a premium compared to its industry's average Forward P/E of 5.3.

We can also see that PXD currently has a PEG ratio of 0.89. This metric is used similarly to the famous P/E ratio, but the PEG ratio also takes into account the stock's expected earnings growth rate. PXD's industry had an average PEG ratio of 0.24 as of yesterday's close.

The Oil and Gas - Exploration and Production - United States industry is part of the Oils-Energy sector. This group has a Zacks Industry Rank of 38, putting it in the top 16% of all 250+ industries.

The Zacks Industry Rank gauges the strength of our 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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