COP vs. APA, FANG, CVE, CVX, EOG, HES, MPC, OXY, SU, and XOM
Should you be buying ConocoPhillips stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConocoPhillips include APA (APA), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Chevron (CVX), EOG Resources (EOG), Hess (HES), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Suncor Energy (SU), and Exxon Mobil (XOM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
ConocoPhillips vs. Its Competitors
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
ConocoPhillips has a net margin of 16.02% compared to APA's net margin of 9.75%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat ConocoPhillips' return on equity.
APA presently has a consensus price target of $24.83, suggesting a potential upside of 22.00%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus price target of $121.80, suggesting a potential upside of 27.84%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than APA.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of ConocoPhillips shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
APA has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.61, meaning that its stock price is 39% less volatile than the S&P 500.
ConocoPhillips has higher revenue and earnings than APA. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConocoPhillips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 23 more articles in the media than APA. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 27 mentions for APA. ConocoPhillips' average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat APA's score of 0.83 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. APA pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips pays out 39.6% 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. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
ConocoPhillips beats APA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:COP) was last updated on 7/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
