XOM vs. CVX, OXY, HES, MUR, COP, BP, EQNR, PSX, MPC, and SU
Should you be buying Exxon Mobil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exxon Mobil include Chevron (CVX), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Hess (HES), Murphy Oil (MUR), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), and Suncor Energy (SU). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Exxon Mobil vs.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations and community ranking.
Exxon Mobil received 156 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.88% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.59% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Exxon Mobil has a net margin of 9.63% compared to Chevron's net margin of 8.71%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 12.92% beat Chevron's return on equity.
Chevron currently has a consensus price target of $160.24, suggesting a potential upside of 16.78%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus price target of $125.50, suggesting a potential upside of 19.67%. Given Exxon Mobil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Exxon Mobil is more favorable than Chevron.
Chevron has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Chevron pays out 78.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Exxon Mobil pays out 52.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron has raised its dividend for 38 consecutive years and Exxon Mobil has raised its dividend for 42 consecutive years.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 11 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 75 mentions for Chevron. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat Chevron's score of 0.80 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Chevron. Exxon Mobil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Exxon Mobil beats Chevron on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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