COP vs. BP, EQNR, MPC, PSX, VLO, SU, HES, CVX, XOM, and TTE
Should you be buying ConocoPhillips stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ConocoPhillips include BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Chevron (CVX), Exxon Mobil (XOM), and TotalEnergies (TTE). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
BP (NYSE:BP) and ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
BP has higher revenue and earnings than ConocoPhillips. BP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ConocoPhillips, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BP presently has a consensus target price of $43.88, indicating a potential upside of 15.97%. ConocoPhillips has a consensus target price of $142.76, indicating a potential upside of 17.11%. Given BP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ConocoPhillips is more favorable than BP.
ConocoPhillips has a net margin of 18.40% compared to ConocoPhillips' net margin of 4.51%. BP's return on equity of 20.85% beat ConocoPhillips' return on equity.
11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.4% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of ConocoPhillips shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BP has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ConocoPhillips has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
BP pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. ConocoPhillips pays an annual dividend of $2.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. BP pays out 53.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ConocoPhillips pays out 26.3% 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. BP has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and ConocoPhillips has increased its dividend for 6 consecutive years.
In the previous week, BP had 21 more articles in the media than ConocoPhillips. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for BP and 26 mentions for ConocoPhillips. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat ConocoPhillips' score of 0.08 indicating that ConocoPhillips is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BP received 131 more outperform votes than ConocoPhillips when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 66.33% of users gave ConocoPhillips an outperform vote.
Summary
ConocoPhillips beats BP on 15 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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