OXY vs. HES, MUR, XOM, CVX, COP, DTM, AM, NFG, LB, and WHD
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), ConocoPhillips (COP), DT Midstream (DTM), Antero Midstream (AM), National Fuel Gas (NFG), LandBridge (LB), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Occidental Petroleum vs. Its Competitors
Hess (NYSE:HES) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
88.5% of Hess shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 9.1% of Hess shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Hess has a beta of 0.62, meaning that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 0.87, meaning that its stock price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Hess had 1 more articles in the media than Occidental Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Hess and 28 mentions for Occidental Petroleum. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Hess' score of 0.44 indicating that Occidental Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Hess pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Hess pays out 27.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 39.0% 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. Hess has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Occidental Petroleum has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Occidental Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Hess. Occidental Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Hess, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Hess has a net margin of 17.65% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 11.20%. Hess' return on equity of 21.78% beat Occidental Petroleum's return on equity.
Hess currently has a consensus price target of $162.26, suggesting a potential upside of 16.93%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus price target of $53.38, suggesting a potential upside of 27.01%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Hess.
Summary
Hess beats Occidental Petroleum on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:OXY) was last updated on 6/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
