BP vs. CVX, COP, EQNR, MPC, PSX, VLO, SU, HES, YPF, and PBF
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), and PBF Energy (PBF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum refining" industry.
Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and BP (NYSE:BP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and valuation.
Chevron has a net margin of 10.21% compared to Chevron's net margin of 4.51%. BP's return on equity of 14.40% beat Chevron's return on equity.
Chevron pays an annual dividend of $6.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Chevron pays out 60.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out 53.9% 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 increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and BP has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. BP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chevron shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chevron has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.65, indicating that its share price is 35% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chevron has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BP. BP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chevron, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Chevron presently has a consensus price target of $186.95, indicating a potential upside of 19.26%. BP has a consensus price target of $43.88, indicating a potential upside of 22.17%. Given Chevron's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Chevron.
Chevron received 12 more outperform votes than BP when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.03% of users gave Chevron an outperform vote while only 67.97% of users gave BP an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Chevron had 14 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Chevron and 17 mentions for BP. Chevron's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat BP's score of 0.63 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Chevron beats BP on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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