Chesapeake Energy (EXE) Competitors

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and BP (NYSE:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, earnings, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, EXE or BP?

Chesapeake Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BP. BP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chesapeake Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chesapeake Energy	$5.34B	5.11	$2.42B	-$5.36	-21.40
BP	$187.21B	0.42	$381M	-$0.46	-62.87

Is EXE or BP a better dividend stock?

Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Chesapeake Energy pays out -42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out -413.0% 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.

Does the media favor EXE or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 11 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BP and 5 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat BP's score of 0.37 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chesapeake Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer EXE or BP?

BP received 1166 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 66.95% of users gave BP an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Chesapeake Energy	Outperform Votes 33 68.75%	Underperform Votes 15 31.25%
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 66.95%	Underperform Votes 592 33.05%

Is EXE or BP more profitable?

Chesapeake Energy has a net margin of 6.07% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. BP's return on equity of 10.96% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chesapeake Energy	6.07%	2.74%	2.08%
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in EXE or BP?

97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate EXE or BP?

Chesapeake Energy currently has a consensus price target of $125.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.26%. BP has a consensus price target of $35.28, suggesting a potential upside of 21.98%. Given BP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Chesapeake Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chesapeake Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	16 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.05
BP	2 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27

Which has more risk and volatility, EXE or BP?

Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

BP beats Chesapeake Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.