PSX vs. MPC, VLO, PBF, CVI, DK, REX, CLNE, GPRE, GEVO, and COP
Should you be buying Phillips 66 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips 66 include Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Green Plains (GPRE), Gevo (GEVO), and ConocoPhillips (COP).
Phillips 66 vs.
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, dividends, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Petroleum received 225 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.12% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.60% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Phillips 66 pays out 93.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marathon Petroleum pays out 36.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips 66 has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.31, suggesting that its stock price is 31% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 1.46%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 12.07% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.
In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 12 more articles in the media than Phillips 66. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 31 mentions for Phillips 66. Phillips 66's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Marathon Petroleum's score of 1.26 indicating that Phillips 66 is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Phillips 66 currently has a consensus price target of $147.54, indicating a potential upside of 17.60%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus price target of $180.21, indicating a potential upside of 21.10%. Given Marathon Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Marathon Petroleum is more favorable than Phillips 66.
Marathon Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phillips 66. Marathon Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats Phillips 66 on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PSX) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
