VLO vs. PSX, MPC, SU, HES, EQNR, BP, COP, WMB, ET, and OKE
Should you be buying Valero Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valero Energy include Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Equinor ASA (EQNR), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Williams Companies (WMB), Energy Transfer (ET), and ONEOK (OKE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and risk.
Valero Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phillips 66. Valero Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Valero Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Valero Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Valero Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Phillips 66 pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valero Energy pays out 21.2% 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. Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Valero Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Valero Energy received 233 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.19% of users gave Valero Energy an outperform vote while only 60.81% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Valero Energy has a net margin of 5.01% compared to Valero Energy's net margin of 3.84%. Phillips 66's return on equity of 24.82% beat Valero Energy's return on equity.
Phillips 66 currently has a consensus price target of $156.21, suggesting a potential upside of 6.21%. Valero Energy has a consensus price target of $173.87, suggesting a potential upside of 4.70%. Given Valero Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Valero Energy.
In the previous week, Valero Energy had 23 more articles in the media than Phillips 66. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Valero Energy and 15 mentions for Phillips 66. Phillips 66's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Valero Energy's score of 0.56 indicating that Valero Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valero Energy has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Valero Energy beats Phillips 66 on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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