OXY vs. FANG, KHC, BRK.A, BRK.B, CVX, DVN, EOG, MPC, WES, and XOM
Should you be buying Occidental Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Occidental Petroleum include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Kraft Heinz (KHC), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Chevron (CVX), Devon Energy (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Western Midstream Partners (WES), and Exxon Mobil (XOM).
Occidental Petroleum vs. Its Competitors
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk and institutional ownership.
Diamondback Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Occidental Petroleum. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Occidental Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 27.25% compared to Occidental Petroleum's net margin of 8.79%. Occidental Petroleum's return on equity of 13.78% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Diamondback Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 56.8% 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. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Occidental Petroleum has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years. Diamondback Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus target price of $193.39, suggesting a potential upside of 39.30%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus target price of $54.70, suggesting a potential upside of 19.37%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Occidental Petroleum.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its stock price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its stock price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Occidental Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 29 mentions for Occidental Petroleum. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.80 indicating that Occidental Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Occidental Petroleum on 15 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OXY) was last updated on 9/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
