MUR vs. XOM, CVX, OXY, HES, MRO, EC, WDS, PR, AR, and OVV
Should you be buying Murphy Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy Oil include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Hess (HES), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ecopetrol (EC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Permian Resources (PR), Antero Resources (AR), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Murphy Oil vs.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and dividends.
Exxon Mobil received 927 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.66% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote while only 48.10% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.
Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exxon Mobil, 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%. Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Exxon Mobil pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Murphy Oil pays out 38.7% 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. Murphy Oil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Murphy Oil has a net margin of 14.78% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 9.61%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 14.73% beat Murphy Oil's return on equity.
61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.9% of Murphy Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.91, suggesting that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Murphy Oil has a beta of 2.17, suggesting that its stock price is 117% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Exxon Mobil currently has a consensus target price of $128.74, suggesting a potential upside of 17.87%. Murphy Oil has a consensus target price of $39.58, suggesting a potential upside of 24.36%. Given Murphy Oil's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 16 more articles in the media than Murphy Oil. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 5 mentions for Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Exxon Mobil's score of 0.46 indicating that Murphy Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Exxon Mobil beats Murphy Oil on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUR) was last updated on 1/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
