MPC vs. PSX, VLO, EQNR, SU, HES, BP, COP, EOG, ENB, and SLB
Should you be buying Marathon Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Marathon Petroleum include Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), EOG Resources (EOG), Enbridge (ENB), and Schlumberger (SLB). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) 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 profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation and institutional ownership.
76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.6% 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Petroleum received 222 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.68% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.94% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 6.44% compared to Marathon Petroleum's net margin of 4.68%. Phillips 66's return on equity of 30.58% beat Marathon Petroleum's return on equity.
In the previous week, Phillips 66 had 7 more articles in the media than Marathon Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Phillips 66 and 18 mentions for Marathon Petroleum. Phillips 66's average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Marathon Petroleum's score of 0.73 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Phillips 66 pays out 27.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Petroleum pays out 14.0% 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. Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 12 consecutive years and Marathon Petroleum has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.36, indicating that its share price is 36% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.5, indicating that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marathon Petroleum has higher revenue and 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.
Phillips 66 presently has a consensus target price of $151.08, suggesting a potential downside of 4.96%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus target price of $182.09, suggesting a potential downside of 7.56%. Given Marathon Petroleum's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats Phillips 66 on 14 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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