CEG vs. OXY, VLO, EPD, PXD, E, ET, PSX, SU, ENB, and WMB
Should you be buying Constellation Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Constellation Energy include Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Valero Energy (VLO), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), ENI (E), Energy Transfer (ET), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), Enbridge (ENB), and Williams Companies (WMB). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Occidental Petroleum has a net margin of 16.24% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 6.52%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 20.63% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.
Occidental Petroleum received 700 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.50% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote while only 62.31% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote.
Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. Occidental Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Occidental Petroleum pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy pays out 28.2% 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 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Constellation Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Occidental Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Occidental Petroleum presently has a consensus price target of $72.06, suggesting a potential upside of 9.11%. Constellation Energy has a consensus price target of $157.80, suggesting a potential downside of 14.17%. Given Constellation Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 21 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 5 mentions for Constellation Energy. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Constellation Energy's score of 0.51 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its share price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.7, indicating that its share price is 30% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats Constellation Energy on 16 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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