BP vs. CVX, COP, EQNR, MPC, PSX, VLO, SU, HES, YPF, and PBF
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), and PBF Energy (PBF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
BP (NYSE:BP) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, dividends, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.
Chevron received 12 more outperform votes than BP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 67.97% of users gave BP an outperform vote.
BP pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. BP pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron pays out 60.0% 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. BP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chevron has a net margin of 10.21% compared to BP's net margin of 4.51%. Chevron's return on equity of 14.40% beat BP's return on equity.
BP presently has a consensus price target of $43.88, indicating a potential upside of 24.44%. Chevron has a consensus price target of $186.95, indicating a potential upside of 19.78%. Given BP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Chevron.
Chevron has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BP. BP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BP has a beta of 0.65, meaning that its stock price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Chevron had 17 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Chevron and 16 mentions for BP. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Chevron's score of 0.65 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Chevron beats BP on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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