CEG vs. OXY, EPD, PSX, PXD, E, VLO, ET, MPC, SLB, and SU
Should you be buying Constellation Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Constellation Energy include Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Phillips 66 (PSX), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), ENI (E), Valero Energy (VLO), Energy Transfer (ET), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Schlumberger (SLB), and Suncor Energy (SU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, risk and media sentiment.
82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Occidental Petroleum 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.
Constellation Energy presently has a consensus target price of $180.60, indicating a potential downside of 9.95%. Occidental Petroleum has a consensus target price of $71.94, indicating a potential upside of 10.56%. Given Occidental Petroleum's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Constellation Energy pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum pays out 22.5% 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. Occidental Petroleum is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Occidental Petroleum received 701 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.34% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 62.21% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.
Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.72, indicating that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.64, indicating that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. Occidental Petroleum is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 32 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 5 mentions for Constellation Energy. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Occidental Petroleum's score of 0.40 indicating that Constellation Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Occidental Petroleum has a net margin of 16.24% compared to Constellation Energy's net margin of 6.52%. Occidental Petroleum's return on equity of 20.63% beat Constellation Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats Constellation Energy on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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