XOM vs. CVX, HES, OXY, MUR, COP, BP, EQNR, SU, PSX, and MPC
Should you be buying Exxon Mobil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exxon Mobil include Chevron (CVX), Hess (HES), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Murphy Oil (MUR), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Suncor Energy (SU), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Marathon Petroleum (MPC). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Exxon Mobil vs.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation and community ranking.
Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Chevron. Exxon Mobil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Chevron pays out 70.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exxon Mobil pays out 50.5% 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. Chevron has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Exxon Mobil has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years.
72.4% of Chevron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Exxon Mobil has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Chevron's net margin of 8.71%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 12.92% beat Chevron's return on equity.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 17 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 108 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 91 mentions for Chevron. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Chevron's score of 0.86 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Exxon Mobil received 157 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.12% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
Chevron has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.61, suggesting that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chevron currently has a consensus price target of $172.20, indicating a potential upside of 27.42%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus price target of $126.75, indicating a potential upside of 22.69%. Given Chevron's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chevron is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
Summary
Exxon Mobil beats Chevron on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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