EQNR vs. CVX, COP, BP, MPC, PSX, SU, VLO, HES, YPF, and PBF
Should you be buying Equinor ASA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinor ASA include Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), Valero Energy (VLO), Hess (HES), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), and PBF Energy (PBF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, media sentiment and earnings.
Equinor ASA presently has a consensus target price of $28.25, indicating a potential upside of 1.29%. Chevron has a consensus target price of $186.95, indicating a potential upside of 19.49%. Given Chevron's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Chevron is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Equinor ASA pays out 35.6% 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.
In the previous week, Chevron had 24 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Chevron and 8 mentions for Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Chevron's score of 0.70 indicating that Equinor ASA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chevron has a net margin of 10.21% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 9.30%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 19.67% beat Chevron's return on equity.
Chevron received 998 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.
Chevron has higher revenue and earnings than Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Chevron beats Equinor ASA on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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