Which is more profitable, Occidental Petroleum or Exxon Mobil?

Occidental Petroleum keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Occidental Petroleum or Exxon Mobil?

Occidental Petroleum grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Occidental Petroleum or Exxon Mobil?

Exxon Mobil costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Occidental Petroleum or Exxon Mobil?

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

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Occidental Petroleum vs Exxon Mobil stock

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

In one sentence

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

Side by side

	Occidental Petroleum	Exxon Mobil
	$58.7 billion	$696 billion
	10.8%	8.9%
	+3.9%	−6.7%
	25.3×	24.1×
	1.8 years	0.5 years
	5.6%	13.1%
	1.7%	2.8%

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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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