XOM vs. CVX, COP, SHEL, TTE, HES, BP, EQNR, MPC, PSX, and VLO
Should you be buying Exxon Mobil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Exxon Mobil include Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Hess (HES), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), and Valero Energy (VLO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) and Chevron (NYSE:CVX) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.96, indicating that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chevron has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chevron has a net margin of 10.63% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 10.45%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 18.51% beat Chevron's return on equity.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 6 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 66 mentions for Chevron. Chevron's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Exxon Mobil's score of 0.33 indicating that Chevron is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Exxon Mobil received 155 more outperform votes than Chevron when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 68.05% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 59.78% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.4% of Chevron shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chevron shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Exxon Mobil pays out 42.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chevron pays out 57.4% 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 currently has a consensus target price of $132.28, suggesting a potential upside of 12.14%. Chevron has a consensus target price of $184.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.37%. Given Exxon Mobil's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Exxon Mobil is more favorable than Chevron.
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
Chevron beats Exxon Mobil on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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