CVX vs. XOM, OXY, HES, MUR, COP, BP, EQNR, PSX, MPC, and SU
Should you be buying Chevron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chevron include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Hess (HES), Murphy Oil (MUR), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Suncor Energy (SU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Chevron vs.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Exxon Mobil has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Chevron's net margin of 8.44%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 14.73% beat Chevron's return on equity.
Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Chevron. Exxon Mobil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Exxon Mobil pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron pays out 71.6% 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. Exxon Mobil has increased its dividend for 42 consecutive years and Chevron has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.
Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Chevron had 13 more articles in the media than Exxon Mobil. MarketBeat recorded 115 mentions for Chevron and 102 mentions for Exxon Mobil. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Chevron's score of 1.04 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exxon Mobil received 155 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.09% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.63% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
Exxon Mobil presently has a consensus price target of $128.84, suggesting a potential upside of 15.55%. Chevron has a consensus price target of $175.27, suggesting a potential upside of 10.42%. Given Exxon Mobil's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Exxon Mobil is more favorable than Chevron.
Summary
Exxon Mobil beats Chevron on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CVX) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
