Chesapeake Energy (EXE) Competitors

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and BP (NYSE:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of EXE or BP?

97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 58.0% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings and valuation, EXE or BP?

Chesapeake Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BP. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chesapeake Energy	$4.22B	5.79	$2.42B	-$4.12	-25.50
BP	$189.19B	0.41	$381M	$0.08	357.76

Do analysts rate EXE or BP?

Chesapeake Energy currently has a consensus price target of $123.22, indicating a potential upside of 17.29%. BP has a consensus price target of $36.73, indicating a potential upside of 28.31%. Given BP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Chesapeake Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesapeake Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BP	1 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Which has more volatility & risk, EXE or BP?

Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its share price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.41, meaning that its share price is 59% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer EXE or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 4 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for BP and 22 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat BP's score of 0.09 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chesapeake Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is EXE or BP more profitable?

Chesapeake Energy has a net margin of 6.07% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. BP's return on equity of 10.96% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesapeake Energy	6.07%	2.74%	2.08%
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EXE or BP?

BP received 1168 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 67.06% of users gave BP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chesapeake Energy	Outperform Votes 31 67.39%	Underperform Votes 15 32.61%
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 67.06%	Underperform Votes 589 32.94%

Is EXE or BP a better dividend stock?

Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Chesapeake Energy pays out -55.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out 2,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Summary

Chesapeake Energy beats BP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.