CVX vs. XOM, COP, BP, EQNR, MPC, SHEL, TTE, CNQ, EOG, and SLB
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), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), and Schlumberger (SLB). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Chevron has a net margin of 10.63% compared to Chevron's net margin of 10.45%. Chevron's return on equity of 18.51% beat Exxon Mobil's return on equity.
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.
Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Exxon Mobil pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron pays out 57.4% 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. Exxon Mobil has increased its dividend for 41 consecutive years and Chevron has increased its dividend for 37 consecutive years.
61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 4 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 51 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 47 mentions for Chevron. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Chevron's score of 0.57 indicating that Chevron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Exxon Mobil currently has a consensus price target of $132.28, indicating a potential upside of 11.66%. Chevron has a consensus price target of $184.75, indicating a potential upside of 17.31%. Given Exxon Mobil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chevron is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
Exxon Mobil received 155 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.05% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
Summary
Chevron beats Exxon Mobil on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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