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$112.97 +1.19 (+1.06%)
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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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Marathon Petroleum
21 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive
Phillips 66
28 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
19 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Marathon Petroleum
1 Sell rating(s)
6 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.56
Phillips 66
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Marathon Petroleum2.45% 12.07% 3.98%
Phillips 66 1.46%8.58%3.43%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Marathon Petroleum$137.68B0.35$3.45B$7.1122.35
Phillips 66$137.77B0.33$2.12B$4.3925.73

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Marathon PetroleumOutperform Votes
1040
73.19%
Underperform Votes
381
26.81%
Phillips 66Outperform Votes
813
60.49%
Underperform Votes
531
39.51%

Summary

Marathon Petroleum beats Phillips 66 on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PSX vs. The Competition

MetricPhillips 66Petroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$46.03B$67.68B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.66%6.66%11.00%3.84%
P/E Ratio22.8761.4253.7634.53
Price / Sales0.330.8624,457.0434.83
Price / Cash10.857.5635.5017.51
Price / Book1.571.773.544.69
Net Income$2.12B$4.92B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-9.54%-2.54%-1.03%-1.74%
1 Month Performance12.05%12.61%6.32%7.50%
1 Year Performance-20.94%-16.61%177.99%4.15%

Phillips 66 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PSX
Phillips 66
4.7661 of 5 stars
$112.97
+1.1%
$137.86
+22.0%
-20.9%$46.03B$137.77B22.8713,000Trending News
Analyst Revision
MPC
Marathon Petroleum
4.7379 of 5 stars
$160.95
-1.9%
$175.29
+8.9%
-9.7%$49.45B$137.68B16.2117,800Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
VLO
Valero Energy
4.7621 of 5 stars
$133.48
-1.7%
$151.93
+13.8%
-20.6%$41.81B$128.38B15.749,740Positive News
Ex-Dividend
PBF
PBF Energy
2.92 of 5 stars
$21.34
-4.3%
$22.91
+7.4%
-57.8%$2.47B$31.54B-4.533,620Positive News
CVI
CVR Energy
1.9542 of 5 stars
$23.68
-1.2%
$23.00
-2.9%
-19.7%$2.38B$7.39B394.731,470Positive News
Options Volume
DK
Delek US
2.0645 of 5 stars
$18.37
-2.5%
$17.10
-6.9%
-28.5%$1.12B$11.37B-3.783,310Positive News
Options Volume
Gap Down
REX
REX American Resources
2.8011 of 5 stars
$41.91
-1.8%
$50.00
+19.3%
-27.8%$696.38M$642.49M10.97120Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CLNE
Clean Energy Fuels
3.8647 of 5 stars
$2.00
-1.0%
$3.75
+87.5%
-29.3%$441.96M$415.92M-6.45500Positive News
GPRE
Green Plains
3.1998 of 5 stars
$4.88
-6.7%
$11.93
+144.4%
-77.2%$319.15M$2.46B-3.59900Positive News
GEVO
Gevo
1.4404 of 5 stars
$1.19
-2.9%
$7.58
+539.2%
+52.1%$283.88M$16.92M-3.49100
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.9165 of 5 stars
$90.06
-1.7%
$122.74
+36.3%
-27.1%$113.85B$57.41B11.569,500Positive News
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