CVX vs. XOM, HES, OXY, MUR, COP, BP, EQNR, PSX, SU, and MPC
Should you be buying Chevron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chevron include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Hess (HES), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Murphy Oil (MUR), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), and Marathon Petroleum (MPC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Chevron vs.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Exxon Mobil has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Chevron's net margin of 8.71%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 12.92% beat Chevron's return on equity.
Exxon Mobil received 154 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.14% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Chevron had 4 more articles in the media than Exxon Mobil. MarketBeat recorded 115 mentions for Chevron and 111 mentions for Exxon Mobil. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Chevron's score of 0.99 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exxon Mobil currently has a consensus price target of $129.15, suggesting a potential upside of 11.10%. Chevron has a consensus price target of $174.13, suggesting a potential upside of 5.35%. Given Exxon Mobil's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exxon Mobil is more favorable than Chevron.
Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Exxon Mobil pays out 50.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron pays out 70.4% 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 raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years and Chevron has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years.
Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.08, suggesting that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Exxon Mobil and Chevron tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CVX) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
