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MetricOXYOCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/XOMExxonMobil Holdings CorpCVXCHEVRON CORPMedian of the restexcluding OXY
TypeCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$62.50▼ 0.20 (0.32%)
$178.09▲ 0.23 (0.13%)
$226.68▼ 0.10 (0.04%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.3/107.0/107.0/107.0/10
Market value$61.63B$744.24B$399.09B
Revenue$21.57B$323.90B$184.43B
Profit$2.37B$28.84B$12.30B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-5.0%-4.5%-4.6%-4.6%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—22.0%41.3%31.7%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—10.5%—10.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.11.0%8.9%6.7%7.8%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.19.0%7.3%9.0%8.1%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.6.6%11.1%6.6%8.9%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.—8.3%—8.3%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.26.01x25.80x32.45x29.13x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.—12.86x—12.86x
Price to book1.71x2.87x2.14x2.50x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.34x0.70x0.71x0.71x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.4/85/96/95.5
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greysafesafe

How OXY compares with the others

  • OXY's profit margin of 11.0% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (7.8%).
  • Its revenue growth of -5.0% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-4.6%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 26.0x against 29.1x.
  • Its liabilities are higher relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 1.3x against 0.7x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.