MPC vs. PSX, VLO, SU, HES, EQNR, BP, COP, SLB, PXD, and EPD
Should you be buying Marathon Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Petroleum include Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Equinor ASA (EQNR), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Schlumberger (SLB), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), and Enterprise Products Partners (EPD). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, dividends, community ranking and earnings.
Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.55, indicating that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Phillips 66 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.
Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Marathon Petroleum pays out 16.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips 66 pays out 32.3% 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.
Marathon Petroleum currently has a consensus price target of $193.62, indicating a potential upside of 6.06%. Phillips 66 has a consensus price target of $157.43, indicating a potential upside of 9.62%. Given Phillips 66's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.
In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 23 more articles in the media than Phillips 66. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 16 mentions for Phillips 66. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.74 beat Phillips 66's score of 0.49 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marathon Petroleum received 222 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.54% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.82% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Marathon Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips 66. Marathon Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 3.84%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 25.87% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats Phillips 66 on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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