ConocoPhillips vs VALVOLINE INC., two Oil & Gas Refining stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where COP and VVV diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), COP reads -4.4% and VVV reads +0.1%; on debt / equity, COP reads 0.01 and VVV reads 3.92. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's COP price has a different growth bar priced in than VVV (-4.4% implied for COP vs +0.1% for VVV); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What VVV'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 | COP | VVV |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $137.41 | $30.56 |
| Market cap | $166.9B | $3.9B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas Refining | Oil & Gas Refining |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -4.4% | +0.1% |
| P/E | 18.1 | 38.2 |
| P/B | 2.55 | 9.42 |
| P/S | 2.63 | 2.00 |
| EV/EBITDA | 13.6 | 18.2 |
| Revenue growth | +10.4% | +16.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 39.5% |
| Operating margin | — | 20.6% |
| Net margin | 14.7% | 5.2% |
| Return on equity | 14.2% | 24.4% |
| Return on assets | 7.5% | 2.9% |
| Return on invested capital | — | 11.2% |
| FCF yield | 13.1% | 3.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| Debt / equity | 0.01 | 3.92 |
| Current ratio | 1.54 | 0.70 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 3.10 | 6.77 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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