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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats Hess on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:OXY) was last updated on 4/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff