VLO vs. MPC, PSX, PBF, CVI, DK, GPRE, REX, CLNE, GEVO, and COP
Should you be buying Valero Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Valero Energy include Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), PBF Energy (PBF), CVR Energy (CVI), Delek US (DK), Green Plains (GPRE), REX American Resources (REX), Clean Energy Fuels (CLNE), Gevo (GEVO), and ConocoPhillips (COP).
Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Marathon Petroleum had 4 more articles in the media than Valero Energy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Marathon Petroleum and 8 mentions for Valero Energy. Valero Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Marathon Petroleum's score of 0.51 indicating that Valero Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Valero Energy currently has a consensus target price of $173.87, suggesting a potential upside of 10.64%. Marathon Petroleum has a consensus target price of $194.23, suggesting a potential upside of 9.98%. Given Valero Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Valero Energy is more favorable than Marathon Petroleum.
Valero Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Marathon Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $3.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Valero Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Marathon Petroleum pays out 16.5% 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.
Marathon Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Valero Energy. Valero Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Marathon Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Valero Energy received 9 more outperform votes than Marathon Petroleum when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 73.49% of users gave Marathon Petroleum an outperform vote while only 71.19% of users gave Valero Energy an outperform vote.
Valero Energy has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Marathon Petroleum has a beta of 1.55, meaning that its share price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
78.7% of Valero Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.8% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Valero Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Marathon Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Marathon Petroleum has a net margin of 5.32% compared to Valero Energy's net margin of 5.01%. Marathon Petroleum's return on equity of 25.87% beat Valero Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Marathon Petroleum beats Valero Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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