VLO vs. MPC, PSX, PBF, CVI, DK, GPRE, REX, CLNE, GEVO, and COP
Should you be buying Valero Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valero Energy include Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), 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).
Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) and Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Valero Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Valero Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valero Energy has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valero Energy received 9 more outperform votes than Marathon Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.49% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 71.19% of users gave Valero Energy an outperform vote.
Marathon Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Valero Energy. Valero Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marathon Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $194.23, suggesting a potential upside of 9.98%. Valero Energy has a consensus target price of $173.87, suggesting a potential upside of 10.64%. Given Marathon Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Valero Energy is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.
Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Valero Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Marathon Petroleum pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valero Energy pays out 21.2% 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. Marathon Petroleum has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Valero Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Marathon Petroleum's net margin of 5.01%. Valero Energy's return on equity of 25.87% beat Marathon Petroleum's return on equity.
In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 4 more articles in the media than Valero Energy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 7 mentions for Valero Energy. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Valero Energy's score of 0.43 indicating that Valero Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats Valero Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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