Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Competitors

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) and Hess (NYSE:HES) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, community ranking, earnings and risk.

Is OXY or HES more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Occidental Petroleum	11.37%	16.33%	5.05%
Hess	21.27%	26.32%	11.55%

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, OXY or HES?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Occidental Petroleum	$26.73B	1.54	$4.70B	$2.44	17.98
Hess	$12.90B	3.55	$2.77B	$9.00	16.48

Which has more risk & volatility, OXY or HES?

Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.51, indicating that its share price is 51% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Hess has a beta of 1.21, indicating that its share price is 21% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate OXY or HES?

Occidental Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $59.82, suggesting a potential upside of 36.33%. Hess has a consensus target price of $170.60, suggesting a potential upside of 15.04%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Occidental Petroleum	2 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.24
Hess	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.55

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of OXY or HES?

88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 9.8% of Hess shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OXY or HES?

Occidental Petroleum received 71 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.38% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Occidental Petroleum	Outperform Votes 852 60.38%	Underperform Votes 559 39.62%
Hess	Outperform Votes 781 59.30%	Underperform Votes 536 40.70%

Is OXY or HES a better dividend stock?

Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Occidental Petroleum pays out 39.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Hess pays out 22.2% 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.

Does the media refer more to OXY or HES?

In the previous week, Hess had 3 more articles in the media than Occidental Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 49 mentions for Hess and 46 mentions for Occidental Petroleum. Hess' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.89 indicating that Hess is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Occidental Petroleum	29 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Hess	35 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Occidental Petroleum and Hess tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.