MPC vs. PSX, VLO, PBF, CVI, DK, GPRE, REX, CLNE, GEVO, and COP
Should you be buying Marathon Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Petroleum include Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), and ConocoPhillips (COP).
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marathon Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phillips 66. Marathon Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Phillips 66 had 1 more articles in the media than Marathon Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Phillips 66 and 12 mentions for Marathon Petroleum. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Phillips 66's score of 0.43 indicating that Phillips 66 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Phillips 66 currently has a consensus price target of $158.93, suggesting a potential upside of 11.83%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus price target of $194.23, suggesting a potential upside of 9.98%. Given Marathon Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.
Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Phillips 66 pays out 35.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Petroleum pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Marathon Petroleum has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Marathon Petroleum's net margin of 3.84%. Phillips 66's return on equity of 25.87% beat Marathon Petroleum's return on equity.
Marathon Petroleum received 222 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.49% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Summary
Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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