Which is more profitable, Chevron or Occidental Petroleum?

Occidental Petroleum keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Chevron or Occidental Petroleum?

Chevron grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Chevron or Occidental Petroleum?

Occidental Petroleum costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Chevron or Occidental Petroleum?

Chevron would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Chevron vs Occidental Petroleum stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Chevron grows faster and has less debt. Occidental Petroleum is more profitable and is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Chevron	Occidental Petroleum
	$429 billion	$58.7 billion
	6.7%	10.8%
	+14.3%	+3.9%
	34.9×	25.3×
	0.8 years	1.8 years
	7.5%	5.6%
	3.8%	1.7%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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