Marathon Petroleum (MPC) Competitors

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability and community ranking.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PSX or MPC?

76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, PSX or MPC?

Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.01, indicating that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PSX or MPC?

Phillips 66 presently has a consensus target price of $137.86, indicating a potential upside of 13.69%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus target price of $175.29, indicating a potential upside of 8.46%. Given Phillips 66's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phillips 66	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.64
Marathon Petroleum	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56

Is PSX or MPC a better dividend stock?

Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Phillips 66 pays out 109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marathon Petroleum pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years and Marathon Petroleum has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PSX or MPC?

Marathon Petroleum received 227 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.24% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.49% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Phillips 66	Outperform Votes 813 60.49%	Underperform Votes 531 39.51%
Marathon Petroleum	Outperform Votes 1040 73.24%	Underperform Votes 380 26.76%

Does the media refer more to PSX or MPC?

In the previous week, Phillips 66 had 20 more articles in the media than Marathon Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Phillips 66 and 28 mentions for Marathon Petroleum. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Phillips 66's score of 0.91 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Phillips 66	29 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	14 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Marathon Petroleum	25 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PSX or MPC?

Marathon Petroleum has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phillips 66. Marathon Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, 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
Phillips 66	$137.77B	0.36	$2.12B	$4.39	27.62
Marathon Petroleum	$137.68B	0.36	$3.45B	$7.11	22.73

Is PSX or MPC more profitable?

Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 1.46%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 12.07% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phillips 66	1.46%	8.58%	3.43%
Marathon Petroleum	2.45%	12.07%	3.98%

Summary

Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.