CVX vs. XOM, COP, BP, EQNR, SHEL, TTE, CNQ, EOG, ENB, and HES
Should you be buying Chevron stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chevron include Exxon Mobil (XOM), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Enbridge (ENB), and Hess (HES). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Exxon Mobil pays an annual dividend of $3.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Chevron pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Exxon Mobil pays out 46.6% 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.
Chevron presently has a consensus target price of $185.35, suggesting a potential upside of 14.93%. Exxon Mobil has a consensus target price of $134.06, suggesting a potential upside of 13.40%. Given Chevron's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chevron is more favorable than Exxon Mobil.
Chevron has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Exxon Mobil has a beta of 0.96, meaning that its stock price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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 59.79% of users gave Exxon Mobil an outperform vote.
72.4% of Chevron shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 61.8% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Exxon Mobil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Exxon Mobil had 9 more articles in the media than Chevron. MarketBeat recorded 86 mentions for Exxon Mobil and 77 mentions for Chevron. Chevron's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Exxon Mobil's score of 0.37 indicating that Chevron is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chevron has a net margin of 10.21% compared to Exxon Mobil's net margin of 9.62%. Exxon Mobil's return on equity of 16.75% beat Chevron's return on equity.
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 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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