VLO vs. PSX, MPC, SU, HES, EQNR, BP, COP, E, ET, and CEG
Should you be buying Valero Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valero Energy include Phillips 66 (PSX), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Equinor ASA (EQNR), BP (BP), ConocoPhillips (COP), ENI (E), Energy Transfer (ET), and Constellation Energy (CEG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) and Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
Phillips 66 presently has a consensus target price of $158.00, indicating a potential upside of 4.35%. Valero Energy has a consensus target price of $175.13, indicating a potential upside of 5.63%. Given Phillips 66's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Valero Energy is more favorable than Phillips 66.
76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 78.7% of Valero Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Phillips 66 shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Valero Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.37, suggesting that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Valero Energy has a beta of 1.54, suggesting that its share price is 54% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Valero Energy received 231 more outperform votes than Phillips 66 when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.23% of users gave Valero Energy an outperform vote while only 60.87% of users gave Phillips 66 an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Phillips 66 had 6 more articles in the media than Valero Energy. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Phillips 66 and 28 mentions for Valero Energy. Phillips 66's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Valero Energy's score of 0.19 indicating that Valero Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Valero Energy has a net margin of 5.01% compared to Valero Energy's net margin of 4.68%. Phillips 66's return on equity of 24.95% beat Valero Energy's return on equity.
Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $4.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Valero Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Phillips 66 pays out 32.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Valero Energy pays out 21.2% 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. Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Valero Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Phillips 66 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Valero Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Phillips 66. Valero Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Valero Energy beats Phillips 66 on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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