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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricCVXCHEVRON CORPXOMExxonMobil Holdings CorpOXYOCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP /DE/Median of the restexcluding CVX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$226.68▼ 0.10 (0.04%)
$178.09▲ 0.23 (0.13%)
$62.50▼ 0.20 (0.32%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.7.0/107.0/107.3/107.2/10
Market value$399.09B$744.24B$61.63B
Revenue$184.43B$323.90B$21.57B
Profit$12.30B$28.84B$2.37B
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-4.6%-4.5%-5.0%-4.8%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.41.3%22.0%—22.0%
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.6.7%8.9%11.0%9.9%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.9.0%7.3%19.0%13.2%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.6.6%11.1%6.6%8.8%
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.32.45x25.80x26.01x25.91x
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 book2.14x2.87x1.71x2.29x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.71x0.70x1.34x1.02x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.6/95/94/84.5
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.safesafegrey

How CVX compares with the others

  • CVX's profit margin of 6.7% is lower than the median of the other companies selected (9.9%).
  • Its revenue growth of -4.6% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-4.8%).
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 32.4x against 25.9x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.7x against 1.0x.

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