Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Competitors

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

Which has more risk & volatility, HES or OXY?

Hess has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its share price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, HES or OXY?

Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Occidental Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, 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
Hess	$10.65B	4.27	$1.38B	$8.58	17.19
Occidental Petroleum	$28.92B	1.65	$4.70B	$3.84	13.26

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

88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.8% of Hess shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by company 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.

Is HES or OXY more profitable?

Hess has a net margin of 20.58% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 15.89%. Hess' return on equity of 27.41% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Hess	20.58%	27.41%	11.68%
Occidental Petroleum	15.89%	15.98%	4.91%

Do analysts rate HES or OXY?

Hess currently has a consensus price target of $163.30, indicating a potential upside of 10.73%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $63.65, indicating a potential upside of 25.02%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts clearly 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	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30

Does the media prefer HES or OXY?

In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 17 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 30 mentions for Hess. Hess' average media sentiment score of 0.79 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.66 indicating that Hess is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Hess	12 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	5 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Occidental Petroleum	24 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is HES or OXY a better dividend stock?

Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Hess pays out 23.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 22.9% 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. Occidental Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HES or OXY?

Occidental Petroleum received 70 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.45% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.17% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Hess	Outperform Votes 778 60.17%	Underperform Votes 515 39.83%
Occidental Petroleum	Outperform Votes 848 61.45%	Underperform Votes 532 38.55%

Summary

Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.