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CVX vs. FANG, AXP, BRK.A, BRK.B, COP, DVN, EOG, OXY, SLB, and XOM

Should you be buying Chevron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chevron include Diamondback Energy (FANG), American Express (AXP), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), ConocoPhillips (COP), Devon Energy (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Schlumberger (SLB), and Exxon Mobil (XOM).

Chevron vs. Its Competitors

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

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 30.84% compared to Chevron's net margin of 7.76%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 11.22% beat Chevron's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chevron7.76% 10.73% 6.45%
Diamondback Energy 30.84%11.22%6.53%

Chevron has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.05, indicating that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Chevron pays out 78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Diamondback Energy pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Diamondback Energy has raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years. Chevron is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chevron$202.79B1.30$17.66B$8.7517.29
Diamondback Energy$12.84B3.33$3.34B$16.358.94

Chevron currently has a consensus target price of $163.18, indicating a potential upside of 7.83%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus target price of $191.59, indicating a potential upside of 31.10%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Chevron.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chevron
3 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.37
Diamondback Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

In the previous week, Chevron had 102 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 122 mentions for Chevron and 20 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Chevron's score of 0.95 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chevron
76 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
25 Neutral mention(s)
10 Negative mention(s)
3 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Diamondback Energy
17 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Chevron on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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CVX vs. The Competition

MetricChevronOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$264.82B$70.22B$7.83B$20.68B
Dividend Yield4.51%6.11%10.93%3.67%
P/E Ratio17.2998.9576.4829.07
Price / Sales1.301.6827,108.9966.27
Price / Cash7.674.6935.9522.84
Price / Book1.781.023.844.43
Net Income$17.66B$5.03B$4.27B$994.22M
7 Day Performance-2.26%-3.41%68.75%-3.35%
1 Month Performance2.31%-3.54%76.43%-2.06%
1 Year Performance1.91%-3.09%98.95%10.15%

Chevron Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVX
Chevron
4.3839 of 5 stars
$151.33
-0.2%
$163.18
+7.8%
-0.8%$264.82B$202.79B17.2945,298Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8043 of 5 stars
$144.61
-0.5%
$191.59
+32.5%
-26.3%$42.25B$11.07B8.841,983Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
AXP
American Express
4.5955 of 5 stars
$311.60
+1.1%
$311.05
-0.2%
+18.3%$216.84B$65.95B21.8775,100Positive News
Insider Trade
BRK.A
Berkshire Hathaway
0.4861 of 5 stars
$726,528.68
+0.1%
N/A+9.8%$1.05T$371.43B12.91372,000Trending News
BRK.B
Berkshire Hathaway
0.7864 of 5 stars
$484.13
+0.7%
$575.00
+18.8%
+9.5%$1.04T$371.43B12.90392,400Trending News
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.8694 of 5 stars
$94.96
-0.7%
$121.33
+27.8%
-14.4%$120.04B$56.95B12.0711,800Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
DVN
Devon Energy
4.8665 of 5 stars
$32.95
-1.1%
$43.85
+33.1%
-28.7%$21.15B$15.94B7.502,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
EOG
EOG Resources
4.5263 of 5 stars
$118.38
-0.6%
$140.62
+18.8%
-5.2%$64.62B$23.39B10.983,150News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Revision
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.5415 of 5 stars
$44.71
+0.2%
$53.71
+20.1%
-26.9%$44.00B$26.88B18.1813,323Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Announcement
SLB
Schlumberger
4.9454 of 5 stars
$35.48
+0.7%
$49.28
+38.9%
-29.2%$48.26B$36.29B12.15110,000Positive News
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.769 of 5 stars
$110.42
-0.3%
$125.42
+13.6%
-6.2%$475.87B$349.59B14.6461,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
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