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Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Competitors

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$39.42 -0.93 (-2.30%)
As of 03:59 PM Eastern

OXY vs. HES, MUR, XOM, CVX, TTE, PBR, EOG, CNQ, E, and FANG

Should you be buying Occidental Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Occidental Petroleum include Hess (HES), Murphy Oil (MUR), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), TotalEnergies (TTE), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), EOG Resources (EOG), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), and Diamondback Energy (FANG). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Occidental Petroleum vs.

Hess (NYSE:HES) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.

88.5% of Hess shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.1% of Hess shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Hess has a beta of 0.88, indicating that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.02, indicating that its stock price is 2% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Occidental Petroleum received 72 more outperform votes than Hess when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.10% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 59.11% of users gave Hess an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
HessOutperform Votes
782
59.11%
Underperform Votes
541
40.89%
Occidental PetroleumOutperform Votes
854
60.10%
Underperform Votes
567
39.90%

In the previous week, Hess had 15 more articles in the media than Occidental Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Hess and 32 mentions for Occidental Petroleum. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.72 beat Hess' score of 0.72 indicating that Occidental Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Hess
22 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
13 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Occidental Petroleum
14 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Hess pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 39.3% 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.

Hess has a net margin of 21.27% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 11.37%. Hess' return on equity of 26.32% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Hess21.27% 26.32% 11.55%
Occidental Petroleum 11.37%16.33%5.05%

Hess presently has a consensus price target of $164.46, suggesting a potential upside of 27.09%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $54.19, suggesting a potential upside of 37.25%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Hess
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Occidental Petroleum
2 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.14

Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Hess is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Occidental Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Hess$12.90B3.10$2.77B$9.0014.38
Occidental Petroleum$26.73B1.39$4.70B$2.4416.18

Summary

Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OXY vs. The Competition

MetricOccidental PetroleumCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$37.12B$7.38B$7.00B$18.74B
Dividend Yield2.38%23.92%10.94%4.04%
P/E Ratio16.199.6548.9632.30
Price / Sales1.398.8424,007.2227.75
Price / Cash4.357.3835.4417.53
Price / Book1.411.503.474.43
Net Income$4.70B$1.11B$4.29B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.91%-0.68%0.25%1.18%
1 Month Performance-19.16%-11.23%-5.87%-3.87%
1 Year Performance-40.31%-19.80%158.24%4.41%

Occidental Petroleum Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.845 of 5 stars
$39.42
-2.3%
$54.19
+37.5%
-40.9%$37.05B$26.73B16.1612,000Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
HES
Hess
4.7252 of 5 stars
$133.06
+0.5%
$164.46
+23.6%
-18.9%$40.99B$12.90B14.771,620Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.9093 of 5 stars
$21.03
-0.2%
$32.23
+53.3%
-54.7%$2.99B$3.02B7.80690Upcoming Earnings
Gap Down
XOM
Exxon Mobil
4.8875 of 5 stars
$108.08
-0.4%
$126.50
+17.0%
-9.4%$466.93B$339.25B13.7762,000Upcoming Earnings
CVX
Chevron
4.8103 of 5 stars
$139.15
+0.3%
$165.71
+19.1%
-16.3%$244.83B$193.41B14.3143,800Upcoming Earnings
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.1672 of 5 stars
$60.19
+0.4%
$69.42
+15.3%
-21.7%$144.21B$195.61B9.03101,300Earnings Report
PBR
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
4.9533 of 5 stars
$11.45
-0.3%
$17.81
+55.6%
-33.4%$73.76B$91.42B4.4745,100Short Interest ↓
Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
4.5577 of 5 stars
$113.75
+0.6%
$141.25
+24.2%
-17.1%$62.66B$23.38B9.152,850Upcoming Earnings
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.8414 of 5 stars
$29.42
+0.3%
$63.00
+114.1%
-25.0%$61.66B$41.51B11.429,740Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
Positive News
E
ENI
3.0907 of 5 stars
$28.97
-0.4%
$31.60
+9.1%
-11.9%$48.89B$88.80B17.3432,700Earnings Report
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8081 of 5 stars
$137.55
+0.6%
$200.96
+46.1%
-33.6%$40.38B$11.02B7.86970Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Upgrade
Positive News

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