ConocoPhillips vs Chevron
COP and CVX side by side, both in petroleum refining. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How COP and CVX compare
Chevron is the larger company, worth 2.5 times as much as ConocoPhillips ($421B against $166B).
On earnings, ConocoPhillips is cheaper: it trades at 14.5× trailing earnings, against 15.6× for Chevron.
Chevron grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.0% versus 13.3% for ConocoPhillips).
ConocoPhillips keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.1% compared with 11.6% at Chevron.
Both pay dividends: ConocoPhillips yields 2.4% and Chevron 3.3%.
Chevron scores higher on the StockData Score (14 against 13 for ConocoPhillips), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | COP | CVX |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $166B | $421B |
| Share price | $137.86 | $213.28 |
| Change, 1 year | 56.3% | 37.0% |
| Change, 5 years | 98.0% | 90.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.49 | 0.40 |
| Employees | 9,900 | 4,645 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 13 | 14 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 1 |
| Growth score | 0 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 2 |
| Health score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividend score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 14.5× (better) | 15.6× |
| P/S | 2.4× | 1.8× (better) |
| P/B | 2.5× | 2.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.1× (better) | 6.4× |
| P/FCF | – | 12.4× |
| FCF yield | – | 8.1% |
| Fair value | $148.27 | $195.91 |
| Margin of safety | 7.0% (better) | −8.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 13.3% | 20.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 25.7% (better) | 14.8% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 30.6% | 111% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 34.5% | 92.8% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 62.2% (better) | 45.7% |
| Net margin | 17.1% (better) | 11.6% |
| FCF margin | – | 14.6% |
| Return on equity | 17.7% (better) | 14.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.35 | 0.00 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.45 (better) | −0.21 |
| Current ratio | 1.52 (better) | 1.34 |
| Altman Z-score | 3.10 | 3.56 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 5 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.4% | 3.3% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 35.5% | 51.6% |
| Years of dividend growth | 9 (better) | 6 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 13.5% (better) | 5.8% |
| Buyback yield | 3.9% (better) | 2.6% |
| Shareholder yield | 6.4% (better) | 5.9% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 85.1% | 74.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.08% | 0.34% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$146M (better) | −$568M |
| Superinvestors holding | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.3% | 1.3% |
Go deeper
- COP stock overview
- COP income statement
- COP valuation and score
- CVX stock overview
- CVX income statement
- CVX valuation and score
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