HES vs. OXY, MUR, XOM, CVX, COP, BP, EQNR, MPC, PSX, and VLO
Should you be buying Hess stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Hess include Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Murphy Oil (MUR), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Valero Energy (VLO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Hess (NYSE:HES) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
Hess has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its share price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Hess presently has a consensus price target of $177.83, suggesting a potential upside of 20.53%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $70.94, suggesting a potential upside of 19.27%. Given Hess' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Hess is more favorable than Occidental Petroleum.
88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 9.8% of Hess shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 10 more articles in the media than Hess. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 20 mentions for Hess. Hess' average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.95 indicating that Hess is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Hess has a net margin of 17.41% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 15.62%. Hess' return on equity of 22.73% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $1.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Hess pays out 26.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 24.0% 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. Occidental Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Occidental Petroleum received 65 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.16% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.95% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.
Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Occidental Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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