XOM vs. CVX, COP, BP, SHEL, TTE, HES, EQNR, MPC, VLO, and PSX
Should you be buying Exxon Mobil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exxon Mobil include Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Hess (HES), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Valero Energy (VLO), and Phillips 66 (PSX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Exxon Mobil vs.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, earnings, dividends and profitability.
Exxon Mobil currently has a consensus price target of $121.64, suggesting a potential upside of 11.09%. Chevron has a consensus price target of $189.33, suggesting a potential upside of 16.59%. Given Chevron's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chevron is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
Exxon Mobil has a beta of 1.09, suggesting that its stock price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Exxon Mobil pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron pays out 33.0% 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.
Exxon Mobil received 157 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.75% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 60.33% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
Chevron has a net margin of 14.40% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 13.47%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 31.25% beat Chevron's return on equity.
57.5% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 69.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Chevron shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 13 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 18 mentions for Chevron. Exxon Mobil's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Chevron's score of 0.19 indicating that Exxon Mobil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Exxon Mobil and Chevron tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding XOM 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.
Exxon Mobil Competitors List
