CVX vs. XOM, COP, BP, EQNR, SHEL, TTE, PBR, SLB, ENB, and EOG
Should you be buying Chevron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chevron include Exxon Mobil (XOM), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Schlumberger (SLB), Enbridge (ENB), and EOG Resources (EOG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Exxon Mobil received 155 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.99% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Chevron. Exxon Mobil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Chevron pays out 44.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exxon Mobil pays out 37.7% 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.
68.9% of Chevron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 58.5% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chevron has a beta of 1.11, meaning that its stock price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 1.02, meaning that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chevron currently has a consensus price target of $187.89, indicating a potential upside of 29.75%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus price target of $129.65, indicating a potential upside of 25.89%. Given Chevron's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chevron is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
Chevron has a net margin of 12.11% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 11.56%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 20.72% beat Chevron's return on equity.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 4 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 22 mentions for Chevron. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Chevron's score of 0.79 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Chevron beats Exxon Mobil on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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