BP PLC vs Chevron Corp, two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where BP and CVX diverge most: on debt / equity, BP reads 0.78 and CVX reads 0.00; on net margin, BP reads 0.7% and CVX reads 9.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What BP's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | BP | CVX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $46.25 | $211.99 |
| Market cap | $121.1B | $418.7B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| P/E | — | 20.4 |
| P/B | 1.64 | 2.14 |
| P/S | 0.63 | 1.95 |
| EV/EBITDA | 4.7 | 17.4 |
| Revenue growth | +6.9% | +11.6% |
| Operating margin | 6.6% | — |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Return on equity | 1.8% | 10.5% |
| Return on assets | 0.5% | 6.2% |
| Return on invested capital | 7.6% | — |
| FCF yield | 9.3% | 6.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 3.2% |
| Debt / equity | 0.78 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.26 | 1.25 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.29 | 3.46 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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