XOM vs. CVX, HES, OXY, MUR, COP, BP, EQNR, PSX, SU, 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), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), 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 business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Chevron has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.83, meaning that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Chevron and Chevron both had 112 articles in the media. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Chevron's score of 1.02 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. 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 increased its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Exxon Mobil has increased its dividend for 42 consecutive years.
Exxon Mobil received 154 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.14% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
Chevron presently has a consensus target price of $174.13, indicating a potential upside of 4.94%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus target price of $129.15, indicating a potential upside of 10.75%. Given Exxon Mobil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Exxon Mobil is more favorable than Chevron.
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.
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.
72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Exxon Mobil beats Chevron on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:XOM) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
