PSX vs. MPC, VLO, PBF, CVI, DK, REX, CLNE, GPRE, GEVO, and COP
Should you be buying Phillips 66 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips 66 include Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Green Plains (GPRE), Gevo (GEVO), and ConocoPhillips (COP).
Phillips 66 vs.
Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Phillips 66 had 28 more articles in the media than Marathon Petroleum. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Phillips 66 and 24 mentions for Marathon Petroleum. Marathon Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat Phillips 66's score of 0.90 indicating that Marathon Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Marathon Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $175.29, indicating a potential upside of 10.32%. Phillips 66 has a consensus target price of $137.86, indicating a potential upside of 22.03%. Given Phillips 66's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 2.45% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 1.46%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 12.07% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.
76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Marathon Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Marathon Petroleum pays out 51.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips 66 pays out 109.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Marathon Petroleum has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Phillips 66 has raised its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 0.87, suggesting that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its share price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Marathon Petroleum has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Phillips 66. Marathon Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Marathon Petroleum received 227 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.19% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 60.49% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats Phillips 66 on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PSX) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff