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MetricPSXPhillips 66MPCMarathon Petroleum CorpVLOVALERO ENERGY CORP/TXDINOHF Sinclair CorpMedian of the restexcluding PSX
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$284.63▼ 5.44 (1.88%)
$459.28▼ 8.70 (1.86%)
$426.28▼ 10.47 (2.40%)
$122.32▼ 3.25 (2.59%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.6.0/106.0/107.0/107.0/107.0/10
Market value$116.04B$143.56B$134.27B$23.05B
Revenue$132.38B$132.70B$122.69B$26.87B
Profit$4.40B$4.05B$2.35B$579.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.-7.5%-4.4%-5.5%-6.0%-5.5%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.12.3%10.0%4.4%8.6%8.6%
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.—6.2%2.6%3.5%3.5%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.3.3%3.0%1.9%2.2%2.2%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.—3.6%—3.2%3.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.15.1%23.4%9.9%6.3%9.9%
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.—10.3%8.8%6.7%8.8%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.26.36x35.47x57.18x39.80x39.80x
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.—14.97x21.89x13.53x14.97x
Price to book3.99x8.29x5.66x2.51x5.66x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.1.49x3.46x1.44x0.79x1.44x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.7/97/96/97/97.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.not reportedsafesafesafe

How PSX compares with the others

  • PSX's profit margin of 3.3% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (2.2%).
  • Its revenue growth of -7.5% is in line with the median of the other companies selected (-5.5%).
  • It trades at a lower P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 26.4x against 39.8x.

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