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Exxon Mobil (XOM) Competitors

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$105.87 +0.36 (+0.34%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

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

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), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Suncor Energy (SU). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. 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 increased its dividend for 42 consecutive years and Chevron has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.

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$339.88B1.37$36.01B$8.0313.18
Chevron$194.01B1.32$21.37B$9.1015.70

Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Exxon Mobil currently has a consensus price target of $128.74, suggesting a potential upside of 21.60%. Chevron has a consensus price target of $175.19, suggesting a potential upside of 22.64%. Given Chevron's stronger consensus rating and higher possible 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)
14 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78

In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 9 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 46 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 37 mentions for Chevron. Chevron's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Exxon Mobil's score of 0.44 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
8 Very Positive mention(s)
11 Positive mention(s)
16 Neutral mention(s)
6 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Chevron
19 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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 156 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.11% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.66% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Exxon MobilOutperform Votes
1371
59.66%
Underperform Votes
927
40.34%
ChevronOutperform Votes
1215
68.11%
Underperform Votes
569
31.89%

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 company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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XOM vs. The Competition

MetricExxon MobilPetroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$465.31B$69.24B$7.92B$19.19B
Dividend Yield3.67%4.52%11.47%3.57%
P/E Ratio13.1813.5515.7441.22
Price / Sales1.370.86111.4017.59
Price / Cash7.495.9012.1021.28
Price / Book1.971.973.675.32
Net Income$36.01B$7.46B$953.41M$989.67M
7 Day Performance-4.48%-6.74%-3.41%-3.45%
1 Month Performance-13.26%-12.49%-5.37%-3.74%
1 Year Performance4.07%-10.02%1.37%12.06%

Exxon Mobil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.5108 of 5 stars
$105.87
+0.3%
$128.74
+21.6%
+4.5%$465.31B$339.88B13.1862,000Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
CVX
Chevron
4.6924 of 5 stars
$150.75
-2.0%
$177.13
+17.5%
-4.9%$270.91B$200.95B16.7245,600Analyst Forecast
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.7597 of 5 stars
$46.99
-1.4%
$62.65
+33.3%
-21.7%$44.09B$27.14B12.3112,570Analyst Downgrade
Insider Trade
Options Volume
News Coverage
HES
Hess
4.4912 of 5 stars
$136.44
-2.3%
$170.50
+25.0%
-12.1%$42.04B$12.71B16.341,756Analyst Forecast
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.9013 of 5 stars
$29.47
-2.7%
$39.83
+35.2%
-34.4%$4.30B$3.19B9.77690Analyst Forecast
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9912 of 5 stars
$100.23
-0.8%
$139.24
+38.9%
-18.5%$115.36B$58.57B12.019,900Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
BP
BP
4.4511 of 5 stars
$29.19
-2.6%
$42.48
+45.5%
-18.3%$78.43B$195.57B31.5687,800Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQNR
Equinor ASA
3.8471 of 5 stars
$22.50
-3.0%
$26.90
+19.6%
-28.3%$62.84B$107.17B7.1123,000Analyst Upgrade
Gap Down
PSX
Phillips 66
4.869 of 5 stars
$117.85
-4.0%
$149.23
+26.6%
-17.7%$48.67B$149.89B15.7514,000
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.8003 of 5 stars
$141.92
-2.5%
$185.27
+30.5%
-13.2%$45.61B$141.98B11.5318,200Options Volume
SU
Suncor Energy
3.8477 of 5 stars
$36.19
-1.6%
$56.40
+55.8%
+8.6%$45.53B$37.59B8.0114,906Analyst Forecast
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