EQNR vs. CVX, COP, BP, MPC, PSX, SU, VLO, HES, YPF, and PBF
Should you be buying Equinor ASA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinor ASA include Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), BP (BP), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Suncor Energy (SU), Valero Energy (VLO), Hess (HES), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), and PBF Energy (PBF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, risk, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Chevron has a beta of 1.11, suggesting that its share price is 11% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chevron has a net margin of 10.21% compared to Chevron's net margin of 9.30%. Chevron's return on equity of 19.67% beat Equinor ASA's return on equity.
Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Chevron pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinor ASA pays out 35.6% 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 has raised its dividend for 37 consecutive years and Equinor ASA has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Chevron is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Chevron currently has a consensus price target of $186.95, suggesting a potential upside of 15.19%. Equinor ASA has a consensus price target of $28.25, suggesting a potential downside of 3.05%. Given Equinor ASA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chevron is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
Chevron has higher revenue and earnings than Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chevron received 998 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.
72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held 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.
In the previous week, Chevron had 38 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 39 mentions for Chevron and 1 mentions for Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Chevron's score of 0.46 indicating that Chevron is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Chevron beats Equinor ASA on 19 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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