COP vs. APA, FANG, CVE, CVX, DVN, EOG, 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), Devon Energy (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), 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 investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability and analyst recommendations.
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 company is poised for long-term growth.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $3.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips pays out 41.9% 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.
In the previous week, ConocoPhillips had 27 more articles in the media than APA. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for ConocoPhillips and 21 mentions for APA. ConocoPhillips' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat APA's score of 0.72 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
APA currently has a consensus price target of $23.47, indicating a potential upside of 6.98%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus price target of $117.23, indicating a potential upside of 33.47%. Given ConocoPhillips' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than APA.
ConocoPhillips has a net margin of 15.26% compared to APA's net margin of 10.53%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat ConocoPhillips' return on equity.
APA has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (NYSE:COP) was last updated on 10/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
