OXY vs. HES, MUR, XOM, CVX, TTE, PBR, CNQ, EOG, E, and FANG
Should you be buying Occidental Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Occidental Petroleum include Hess (HES), Murphy Oil (MUR), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), TotalEnergies (TTE), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), ENI (E), and Diamondback Energy (FANG). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Occidental Petroleum vs.
Hess (NYSE:HES) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment and profitability.
Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Hess is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Occidental Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hess has a net margin of 21.27% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 11.37%. Hess' return on equity of 26.32% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hess pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 39.3% 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.
88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Hess shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned 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.
Occidental Petroleum received 72 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 59.15% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 32 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 40 mentions for Hess. Hess' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.22 indicating that Hess is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hess has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its share price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hess presently has a consensus price target of $164.46, indicating a potential upside of 26.36%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $54.19, indicating a potential upside of 36.00%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OXY) was last updated on 4/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff