XOM vs. FANG, COP, CVX, EOG, EPD, HES, MUSA, OXY, PSX, and VLO
Should you be buying Exxon Mobil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exxon Mobil include Diamondback Energy (FANG), ConocoPhillips (COP), Chevron (CVX), EOG Resources (EOG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Hess (HES), Murphy USA (MUSA), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Valero Energy (VLO).
Exxon Mobil vs. Its Competitors
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, earnings and risk.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.96 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.6%. Diamondback Energy pays out 24.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exxon Mobil pays out 52.5% 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. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Exxon Mobil has increased its dividend for 42 consecutive years. Exxon Mobil is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its share price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 71 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 94 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 23 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Exxon Mobil's score of 1.30 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 30.84% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 9.49%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 12.06% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
Exxon Mobil has higher revenue and earnings than Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Exxon Mobil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus price target of $193.13, indicating a potential upside of 36.27%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus price target of $125.40, indicating a potential upside of 13.02%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Exxon Mobil on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:XOM) was last updated on 7/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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