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 better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
Exxon Mobil currently has a consensus target price of $128.84, indicating a potential upside of 14.65%. Chevron has a consensus target price of $175.27, indicating a potential upside of 8.50%. Given Exxon Mobil's higher probable 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.
In the previous week, Chevron had 12 more articles in the media than Exxon Mobil. MarketBeat recorded 109 mentions for Chevron and 97 mentions for Exxon Mobil. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Chevron's score of 1.04 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. 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 increased its dividend for 42 consecutive years and Chevron has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.
61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Exxon Mobil received 155 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.09% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.63% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.91, indicating that its stock price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Exxon Mobil and Chevron tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:XOM) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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