OXY vs. E, PXD, EOG, CVE, CNQ, FANG, DVN, EC, CTRA, and EQT
Should you be buying Occidental Petroleum stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Occidental Petroleum include ENI (E), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), EOG Resources (EOG), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and EQT (EQT).
Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) and ENI (NYSE:E) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and profitability.
Occidental Petroleum received 434 more outperform votes than ENI when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.34% of users gave Occidental Petroleum an outperform vote while only 54.10% of users gave ENI an outperform vote.
88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 1.2% of ENI shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of ENI shares are owned by 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.
Occidental Petroleum has a net margin of 16.24% compared to ENI's net margin of 3.95%. Occidental Petroleum's return on equity of 20.63% beat ENI's return on equity.
Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. ENI pays an annual dividend of $1.45 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Occidental Petroleum pays out 22.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ENI pays out 62.5% 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 presently has a consensus target price of $71.94, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. Given Occidental Petroleum's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Occidental Petroleum is more favorable than ENI.
In the previous week, Occidental Petroleum had 20 more articles in the media than ENI. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Occidental Petroleum and 9 mentions for ENI. Occidental Petroleum's average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat ENI's score of 0.18 indicating that Occidental Petroleum is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ENI has a beta of 1.01, meaning that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ENI has higher revenue and earnings than Occidental Petroleum. ENI is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Occidental Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Occidental Petroleum beats ENI on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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