Head to Head Contrast: DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) versus Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY)

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE:OXY) and DT Midstream (NYSE:DTM) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Occidental Petroleum and DT Midstream”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Occidental Petroleum	$22.08 billion	2.98	$2.33 billion	$1.61	41.18
DT Midstream	$1.24 billion	11.05	$441.00 million	$4.31	31.24

Occidental Petroleum has higher revenue and earnings than DT Midstream. DT Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Occidental Petroleum, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Volatility & Risk

Occidental Petroleum has a beta of 0.34, meaning that its stock price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, DT Midstream has a beta of 0.75, meaning that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

88.7% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of DT Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Occidental Petroleum shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of DT Midstream shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Occidental Petroleum and DT Midstream, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Occidental Petroleum	2	14	9	0	2.28
DT Midstream	1	5	6	0	2.42

Occidental Petroleum presently has a consensus price target of $56.59, indicating a potential downside of 14.65%. DT Midstream has a consensus price target of $144.10, indicating a potential upside of 7.03%. Given DT Midstream’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe DT Midstream is more favorable than Occidental Petroleum.

Dividends

Occidental Petroleum pays an annual dividend of $1.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. DT Midstream pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Occidental Petroleum pays out 64.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. DT Midstream pays out 81.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Occidental Petroleum has raised its dividend for 5 consecutive years and DT Midstream has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Occidental Petroleum and DT Midstream’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Occidental Petroleum	9.14%	9.89%	3.27%
DT Midstream	35.48%	9.13%	4.41%

Summary

Occidental Petroleum beats DT Midstream on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Occidental Petroleum

Occidental Petroleum Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties in the United States, the Middle East, and North Africa. It operates through three segments: Oil and Gas, Chemical, and Midstream and Marketing. The company's Oil and Gas segment explores for, develops, and produces oil and condensate, natural gas liquids (NGLs), and natural gas. Its Chemical segment manufactures and markets basic chemicals, including chlorine, caustic soda, chlorinated organics, potassium chemicals, ethylene dichloride, chlorinated isocyanurates, sodium silicates, and calcium chloride; and vinyls comprising vinyl chloride monomer, polyvinyl chloride, and ethylene. The Midstream and Marketing segment gathers, processes, transports, stores, purchases, and markets oil, condensate, NGLs, natural gas, carbon dioxide, and power. This segment also invests in entities. Occidental Petroleum Corporation was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

About DT Midstream

DT Midstream, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides integrated natural gas services in the United States. The company operates through two segments, Pipeline and Gathering. The Pipeline segment owns and operates interstate and intrastate natural gas pipelines, storage systems, and natural gas gathering lateral pipelines. This segment also engages in the transportation and storage of natural gas for intermediate and end-user customers. The Gathering segment owns and operates gas gathering systems. This segment is involved in the collection of natural gas for delivery to plants for treating, to gathering pipelines for further gathering, or to pipelines for transportation; and provision of associated ancillary services, including compression, dehydration, gas treatment, water impoundment, water transportation, water disposal, and sand mining. It serves natural gas producers, local distribution companies, electric power generators, industrials, and national marketers. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.