OXY vs. E, PXD, CNQ, EOG, DVN, CVE, PBR, FANG, WDS, and EC
Should you be buying Occidental Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Occidental Petroleum include ENI (E), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Devon Energy (DVN), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), and Ecopetrol (EC). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Occidental Petroleum vs.
ENI (NYSE:E) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings and community ranking.
1.2% of ENI shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.5% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of ENI shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Occidental Petroleum received 423 more outperform votes than ENI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.64% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 54.25% of users gave ENI an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 12 more articles in the media than ENI. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 2 mentions for ENI. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat ENI's score of 0.31 indicating that Occidental Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
ENI pays an annual dividend of $1.29 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. ENI pays out 17.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 8.2% 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. Occidental Petroleum has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
ENI has a beta of 1.03, indicating that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ENI presently has a consensus target price of $16.83, indicating a potential downside of 40.54%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus target price of $70.94, indicating a potential upside of 20.36%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than ENI.
Occidental Petroleum has a net margin of 27.06% compared to ENI's net margin of 9.82%. Occidental Petroleum's return on equity of 45.10% beat ENI's return on equity.
ENI has higher revenue and earnings than Occidental Petroleum. ENI 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 ENI on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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