Reviewing Phillips 66 (PSX) and Its Rivals

Phillips 66 (NYSE:PSX) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its rivals? We will compare Phillips 66 to related companies based on the strength of its institutional ownership, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and valuation.

Analyst Ratings

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Phillips 66 and its rivals, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phillips 66	0	8	11	2	2.71
Phillips 66 Competitors	5969	26960	40805	2413	2.52

Phillips 66 presently has a consensus target price of $270.12, indicating a potential upside of 6.14%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 27.29%. Given Phillips 66’s rivals higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Phillips 66 has less favorable growth aspects than its rivals.

Profitability

This table compares Phillips 66 and its rivals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phillips 66	7.27%	33.12%	13.04%
Phillips 66 Competitors	-470.80%	19.34%	6.40%

Dividends

Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $5.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Phillips 66 pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies pay a dividend yield of 9.0% and pay out -122.4% of their earnings in the form of a dividend. Phillips 66 has increased its dividend for 14 consecutive years. Phillips 66 lags its rivals as a dividend stock, given its lower dividend yield and higher payout ratio.

Volatility & Risk

Phillips 66 has a beta of 0.69, suggesting that its share price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Phillips 66’s rivals have a beta of -3.72, suggesting that their average share price is 472% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

76.9% of Phillips 66 shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Phillips 66 shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Phillips 66 and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Phillips 66	$136.56 billion	$4.40 billion	8.13
Phillips 66 Competitors	$14.79 billion	$5.51 billion	-0.28

Phillips 66 has higher revenue, but lower earnings than its rivals. Phillips 66 is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Phillips 66 beats its rivals on 9 of the 15 factors compared.

Phillips 66 Company Profile

Phillips 66 operates as an energy manufacturing and logistics company in the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment transports crude oil and other feedstocks; delivers refined petroleum products to market; provides terminaling and storage services for crude oil and refined petroleum products; transports, stores, fractionates, exports, and markets natural gas liquids; provides other fee-based processing services; and gathers, processes, transports, and markets natural gas. The Chemicals segment produces and markets ethylene and other olefin products; aromatics and styrenics products, such as benzene, cyclohexane, styrene, and polystyrene; and various specialty chemical products, including organosulfur chemicals, solvents, catalysts, and chemicals used in drilling and mining. The Refining segment refines crude oil and other feedstocks into petroleum products, such as gasolines, distillates, aviation, and renewable. The M&S segment purchases for resale and markets refined petroleum products, including gasolines, distillates, and aviation fuels. This segment also manufactures and markets specialty products, such as base oils and lubricants. Phillips 66 was founded in 1875 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.