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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hess$12.90B3.11$2.77B$9.0014.46
Occidental Petroleum$26.73B1.40$4.70B$2.4416.33

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
Hess21.27% 26.32% 11.55%
Occidental Petroleum 11.37%16.33%5.05%

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HessOutperform Votes
782
59.15%
Underperform Votes
540
40.85%
Occidental PetroleumOutperform Votes
854
60.10%
Underperform Votes
567
39.90%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hess
21 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Occidental Petroleum
21 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
17 Neutral mention(s)
11 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hess
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Occidental Petroleum
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Summary

Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OXY vs. The Competition

MetricOccidental PetroleumCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.45B$7.35B$7.00B$18.69B
Dividend Yield2.50%24.07%10.99%4.16%
P/E Ratio16.339.4946.8931.63
Price / Sales1.408.9822,177.0627.51
Price / Cash4.357.3835.4417.53
Price / Book1.431.513.444.36
Net Income$4.70B$1.09B$4.28B$1.02B
7 Day Performance3.58%0.97%2.96%2.44%
1 Month Performance-17.17%-10.96%-6.52%-6.11%
1 Year Performance-40.87%-19.62%143.06%1.70%

Occidental Petroleum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.7233 of 5 stars
$39.85
-0.3%
$54.19
+36.0%
-40.9%$37.45B$26.73B16.3312,000Analyst Forecast
HES
Hess
4.6671 of 5 stars
$125.32
-4.1%
$166.26
+32.7%
-17.1%$38.64B$12.90B13.921,620Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8784 of 5 stars
$20.68
-3.2%
$32.77
+58.5%
-55.4%$2.95B$3.02B7.69690Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Down
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.9 of 5 stars
$104.48
-2.3%
$126.75
+21.3%
-11.3%$451.91B$339.25B13.3362,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CVX
Chevron
4.7545 of 5 stars
$132.73
-3.7%
$169.50
+27.7%
-16.1%$233.68B$193.41B13.6643,800Analyst Downgrade
Positive News
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.0835 of 5 stars
$57.70
-1.3%
$69.42
+20.3%
-19.5%$138.35B$195.61B8.66101,300Upcoming Earnings
PBR
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
4.8037 of 5 stars
$11.38
-2.1%
$17.81
+56.5%
-32.4%$73.34B$91.42B4.4545,100Positive News
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.7872 of 5 stars
$28.49
-1.1%
$63.00
+121.1%
-24.8%$59.76B$41.51B11.069,740Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
4.6561 of 5 stars
$107.82
-2.4%
$143.71
+33.3%
-17.2%$59.47B$23.38B8.682,850Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
E
ENI
3.4107 of 5 stars
$27.40
-1.7%
$31.60
+15.3%
-14.8%$46.25B$88.80B16.4132,700Analyst Downgrade
News Coverage
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8141 of 5 stars
$130.86
-4.9%
$204.29
+56.1%
-33.6%$38.48B$11.02B7.49970Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News

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