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Exxon Mobil (XOM) Competitors

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$120.35 +1.72 (+1.45%)
(As of 11/20/2024 ET)

XOM vs. CVX, OXY, HES, MUR, COP, EQNR, PSX, SU, MPC, and VLO

Should you be buying Exxon Mobil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exxon Mobil include Chevron (CVX), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Hess (HES), Murphy Oil (MUR), ConocoPhillips (COP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Valero Energy (VLO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.

Exxon Mobil vs.

Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and dividends.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Exxon Mobil$344.58B1.54$36.01B$8.0314.99
Chevron$194.01B1.49$21.37B$9.1017.73

Exxon Mobil has a net margin of 9.61% compared to Chevron's net margin of 8.44%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 14.73% beat Chevron's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Exxon Mobil9.61% 14.73% 8.60%
Chevron 8.44%13.15%8.08%

Exxon Mobil received 155 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.07% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.65% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Exxon MobilOutperform Votes
1366
59.65%
Underperform Votes
924
40.35%
ChevronOutperform Votes
1211
68.07%
Underperform Votes
568
31.93%

Exxon Mobil presently has a consensus price target of $130.21, suggesting a potential upside of 8.19%. Chevron has a consensus price target of $174.93, suggesting a potential upside of 8.45%. Given Chevron's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chevron is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Exxon Mobil
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.55
Chevron
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.76

61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 11 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 98 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 87 mentions for Chevron. Chevron's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Exxon Mobil's score of 1.29 indicating that Chevron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Exxon Mobil
80 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Chevron
72 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Exxon Mobil pays out 49.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron pays out 71.6% 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. Exxon Mobil has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years and Chevron has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years.

Summary

Exxon Mobil and Chevron tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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XOM vs. The Competition

MetricExxon MobilPetroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$528.95B$79.03B$8.54B$19.89B
Dividend Yield3.32%4.28%11.58%3.54%
P/E Ratio14.9914.7617.1942.83
Price / Sales1.540.93123.6618.13
Price / Cash7.996.069.6017.86
Price / Book2.242.273.785.52
Net Income$36.01B$7.46B$949.80M$986.45M
7 Day Performance-0.95%2.74%1.13%-0.22%
1 Month Performance0.28%2.65%2.36%0.12%
1 Year Performance15.17%2.90%411.25%23.71%

Exxon Mobil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.1227 of 5 stars
$120.35
+1.4%
$130.21
+8.2%
+15.2%$521.39B$344.58B14.9962,000Analyst Forecast
Positive News
CVX
Chevron
4.5122 of 5 stars
$161.30
+1.1%
$174.93
+8.5%
+11.7%$286.82B$200.95B17.7345,600Ex-Dividend
Insider Trade
Positive News
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.7075 of 5 stars
$50.91
+0.8%
$63.65
+25.0%
-16.7%$47.39B$28.92B13.2612,570Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HES
Hess
4.6811 of 5 stars
$147.47
+0.8%
$163.30
+10.7%
+2.1%$45.44B$10.65B17.191,756Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.8731 of 5 stars
$32.99
+1.5%
$40.92
+24.0%
-24.2%$4.74B$3.46B10.64690Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.7948 of 5 stars
$113.43
+0.3%
$137.63
+21.3%
-1.7%$130.16B$58.57B13.499,900Positive News
EQNR
Equinor ASA
1.3021 of 5 stars
$24.55
+3.7%
$26.90
+9.6%
-25.4%$66.11B$107.17B7.5323,000Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
Gap Up
PSX
Phillips 66
4.9481 of 5 stars
$131.41
+0.4%
$149.69
+13.9%
+11.3%$54.08B$149.89B16.8714,000Ex-Dividend
Analyst Revision
Positive News
SU
Suncor Energy
4.4269 of 5 stars
$40.83
-0.4%
$56.40
+38.1%
+22.0%$51.56B$37.59B8.9014,906Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
Positive News
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.6963 of 5 stars
$159.38
+0.9%
$185.07
+16.1%
+7.0%$51.04B$150.31B12.6318,200Positive News
VLO
Valero Energy
4.5319 of 5 stars
$141.20
+0.2%
$155.86
+10.4%
+13.2%$44.96B$144.77B12.669,908Analyst Revision
Positive News

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