Devon Energy Corporation is an oil and gas producer in the U.S. with a multi-basin portfolio. Co. is primarily engaged in the exploration, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGLs). Its oil and gas properties include Delaware Basin, Eagle Ford, Anadarko Basin, Williston Basin and Powder River Basin. The Delaware Basin operates in southeast New Mexico and across the state line into west Texas. It offers exploration and development opportunities from many geologic reservoirs and play types, including the oil-rich Wolfcamp, Bone Spring, Avalon and Delaware formations. The Eagle Ford operations are located in Texas' DeWitt and Karnes counties.
When researching a stock like Devon Energy, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from DVN Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for DVN stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the DVN 200 day moving average ("DVN 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the DVN 50 day moving average ("DVN 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Devon Energy. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the DVN 200 DMA and the DVN 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("DVN MACD"). The DVN MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |