PSX vs. MPC, VLO, SU, HES, EQNR, BP, COP, EPD, PXD, and OXY
Should you be buying Phillips 66 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips 66 include Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Equinor ASA (EQNR), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends and risk.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 3.84%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 25.87% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.
In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 10 more articles in the media than Phillips 66. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 15 mentions for Phillips 66. Phillips 66's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Marathon Petroleum's score of 0.50 indicating that Phillips 66 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Phillips 66 presently has a consensus price target of $156.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.20%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus price target of $190.77, suggesting a potential upside of 6.18%. Given Phillips 66's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.
Marathon Petroleum received 223 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.47% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Phillips 66 pays out 32.3% 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.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats Phillips 66 on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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