Occidental Petroleum (OXY) Competitors

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

Is FANG or OXY a better dividend stock?

Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. 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 raised its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Occidental Petroleum has raised 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.

Which has better valuation & earnings, FANG or OXY?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Diamondback Energy	$14.01B	2.92	$3.34B	$14.07	10.03
Occidental Petroleum	$26.88B	1.50	$3.06B	$1.69	24.29

Which has more volatility & risk, FANG or OXY?

Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in FANG or OXY?

90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Do analysts rate FANG or OXY?

Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus target price of $189.91, indicating a potential upside of 34.51%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus target price of $52.39, indicating a potential upside of 27.62%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Occidental Petroleum.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Diamondback Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	20 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.04
Occidental Petroleum	3 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the media refer more to FANG or OXY?

In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Occidental Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 54 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 45 mentions for Occidental Petroleum. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.85 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Diamondback Energy	24 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Occidental Petroleum	18 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FANG or OXY more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Diamondback Energy	27.25%	9.48%	5.63%
Occidental Petroleum	8.79%	13.78%	4.35%

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Occidental Petroleum on 17 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.