PSX vs. VLO, MPC, SU, HES, IMO, BP, COP, PXD, E, and TRP
Should you be buying Phillips 66 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Phillips 66 include Valero Energy (VLO), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Imperial Oil (IMO), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), ENI (E), and TC Energy (TRP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Phillips 66 vs.
Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) and Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Valero Energy presently has a consensus price target of $151.38, indicating a potential upside of 15.44%. Phillips 66 has a consensus price target of $121.27, indicating a potential upside of 25.42%. Given Phillips 66's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips 66 is more favorable than Valero Energy.
Valero Energy has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.37, indicating that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500.
79.3% of Valero Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 70.8% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Valero Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Phillips 66 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.
Valero Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Valero Energy pays out 14.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips 66 pays out 18.3% 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. Valero Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Valero Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Phillips 66. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Valero Energy and 12 mentions for Phillips 66. Valero Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.21 beat Phillips 66's score of 0.88 indicating that Valero Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valero Energy has a net margin of 6.54% compared to Phillips 66's net margin of 6.27%. Valero Energy's return on equity of 50.15% beat Phillips 66's return on equity.
Valero Energy received 235 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.34% of users gave Valero Energy an outperform vote while only 61.71% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
Valero Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Phillips 66. Phillips 66 is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Valero Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Valero Energy beats Phillips 66 on 18 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PSX and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
Phillips 66 Competitors List
