MUR vs. XOM, CVX, OXY, HES, AR, PR, OVV, RRC, VNOM, and HESM
Should you be buying Murphy Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy Oil include Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Hess (HES), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Range Resources (RRC), Viper Energy (VNOM), and Hess Midstream (HESM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Murphy Oil vs.
Murphy Oil (NYSE:MUR) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and dividends.
78.3% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.5% of Murphy Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Murphy Oil has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 9.63%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 12.92% beat Murphy Oil's return on equity.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 61 more articles in the media than Murphy Oil. MarketBeat recorded 80 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 19 mentions for Murphy Oil. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Murphy Oil's score of 0.68 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Murphy Oil pays an annual dividend of $1.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Murphy Oil pays out 50.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exxon Mobil pays out 52.5% 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. Murphy Oil has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and Exxon Mobil has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years. Murphy Oil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Exxon Mobil received 932 more outperform votes than Murphy Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.54% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote while only 47.37% of users gave Murphy Oil an outperform vote.
Murphy Oil has a beta of 1.1, indicating that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Murphy Oil presently has a consensus target price of $29.31, indicating a potential upside of 39.42%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus target price of $125.50, indicating a potential upside of 21.88%. Given Murphy Oil's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Murphy Oil is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Murphy Oil. Murphy Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exxon Mobil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Exxon Mobil beats Murphy Oil on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MUR) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
