Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY – Get Rating) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY – Get Rating) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Occidental Petroleum and Crescent Energy's gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than Crescent Energy.

Profitability

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and price targets for Occidental Petroleum and Crescent Energy, as reported by MarketBeat.

Occidental Petroleum presently has a consensus target price of $76.18, suggesting a potential upside of 21.94%. Crescent Energy has a consensus target price of $17.20, suggesting a potential upside of 51.81%. Given Crescent Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than Occidental Petroleum.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

78.5% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.9% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Occidental Petroleum shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 27.0% of Crescent Energy shares are held 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.

Dividends

Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $0.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Occidental Petroleum pays out 4.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Occidental Petroleum has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

Risk and Volatility

Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 1.77, meaning that its stock price is 77% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 2.49, meaning that its stock price is 149% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Occidental Petroleum beats Crescent Energy on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Occidental Petroleum

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Occidental Petroleum Corp. engages in the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. It operates through the following segments: Oil and Gas, Chemical, and Midstream and Marketing. The Oil and Gas segment explores for, develops and produces oil and condensate, natural gas liquids and natural gas. The Chemical segment manufactures and markets basic chemicals and vinyls. The Midstream and Marketing segment purchases, markets, gathers, processes, transports and stores oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, natural gas, carbon dioxide, and power. The company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

About Crescent Energy

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Crescent Energy Company, an energy company, explores for, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids (NGLs) reserves. The company holds a portfolio of oil and natural gas assets in key proven basins, including the Eagle Ford, Rockies, Barnett, Permian, Mid-Con, and other basins in the United States. As of December 31, 2021, it had 1,528 gross undrilled locations, including 567 gross operated drilling locations; and 531.6 net million barrels of oil equivalent of proved reserves. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Houston, Texas.

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