XOM vs MPC vs EQNR Stock Comparison

ExxonMobil Holdings, Marathon Petroleum and Equinor Asa Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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XOM ExxonMobil Holdings Corp
$183.18 +13.5% 1M +57.3% 1Y
Market cap
$779.83B
P/E
23.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$368.76B
Div. yield
0.02%
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
3 wins
MPC Marathon Petroleum Corp
$432.56 +10.3% 1M +121.0% 1Y
Market cap
$127.85B
P/E
14.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$156.18B
Div. yield
0.01%
Oil Refining Energy
4 wins
EQNR Equinor Asa
$47.59 +15.1% 1M +96.9% 1Y
Market cap
$126.28B
P/E
11.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$121.56B
Div. yield
–
Integrated Oil and Gas Energy
5 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Equinor Asa leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Equinor Asa 5, Marathon Petroleum 4, ExxonMobil Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionXOMMPCEQNRLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $779.83B $127.85B $126.28B XOM
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 23.8x 14.9x 11.4x EQNR
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 13.0x 6.3x 8.8x MPC
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +9.1% +15.9% +11.8% MPC
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 8.9% 5.5% 9.1% EQNR
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 11.1% 19.7% 57.3% EQNR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 1.5x 0.0x EQNR
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.01% 0.00% XOM
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +57.3% +121.0% +96.9% MPC
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.2%/yr +45.7%/yr +13.4%/yr MPC
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 26.0% 36.9% 39.0% XOM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 49/100 49/100 77/100 EQNR

Percentile Scorecard

XOMMPCEQNR

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisXOMMPCEQNR
Valuation 29 #71 of 99 23 #18 of 23 88 #13 of 99
Growth 47 #52 of 97 56 #9 of 19 92 #9 of 97
Profitability 54 #45 of 96 71 #6 of 18 90 #11 of 96
Financial Health 77 #24 of 102 57 #11 of 24 62 #39 of 102
Shareholder Returns 40 #47 of 77 41 #11 of 18 53 #37 of 77
Overall 49 49 77
  • XOM ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • MPC ranked among 25 companies in Refining and Marketing
  • EQNR ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodXOMMPCEQNRSPY
1 month +13.5%+10.3%+15.1% +0.7%
3 months +16.6%+37.7%+16.9% +3.7%
6 months +18.7%+74.2%+16.8% +7.1%
Year to date +52.2%+166.0%+101.4% +12.8%
1 year +57.3%+121.0%+96.9% +11.9%
3 years +73.0%+194.5%+41.1% +85.2%
3 years, per year +20.1%+43.4%+12.2% +22.8%
5 years +184.1%+556.1%+87.1% +67.6%
5 years, per year +23.2%+45.7%+13.4% +10.9%
10 years +116.1%+910.2%+187.9% +262.0%
10 years, per year +8.0%+26.0%+11.2% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureXOMMPCEQNRSPY
Volatility, 1Y 26.0%36.9%39.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 26.3%36.5%38.4% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.69-0.26-1.09 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.213.282.49 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -20.7%-45.9%-47.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -0.7%-10.8%-2.5% -1.2%
52-week high $184.54$485.05$48.81 $779.14
52-week low $113.68$162.63$22.41 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleXOMMPCEQNR
P/E now vs peer median 23.3xmedian 11.9x 14.6xmedian 8.8x 11.1xmedian 11.9x
P/S now vs peer median 2.0xmedian 2.0x 0.8xmedian 0.2x 1.0xmedian 2.0x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 10.4xmedian 5.9x 8.4xmedian 7.0x 2.3xmedian 5.9x
P/FCF now vs peer median 24.7xmedian 10.0x 9.4xmedian 7.5x 5.2xmedian 10.0x
P/B now vs peer median 2.8xmedian 1.5x 4.7xmedian 1.7x 2.6xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median -1.65median 1.36 -14.22median 0.34 —median 1.36

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsXOMMPCEQNR
Revenue $368.76B $156.18B $121.56B
Gross profit – $21.79B –
Operating income – $14.13B $39.22B
Net income $33.73B $10.31B $11.80B
Free cash flow $30.55B $12.90B $22.82B
R&D $973.00M – $939.00M
EPS (diluted) $7.41 $29.50 $4.26
Cash & equivalents $10.59B $7.77B $6.30B
Total debt $42.37B $33.26B $24.40B
Shares (diluted) 4.42B 290.00M 2.60B
Enterprise value $736.31B $111.60B $39.13B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricXOMMPCEQNR
P/E 23.3x 14.6x 11.1x
P/FCF 24.7x 9.4x 5.2x
P/Operating cash flow 12.6x 7.1x 4.9x
P/S 2.0x 0.8x 1.0x
P/B 2.8x 4.7x 2.6x
P/Tangible book 2.8x 5.3x 2.6x
EV/EBITDA 10.4x 8.4x 2.3x
EV/EBIT 17.0x 10.4x 3.0x
EV/Revenue 2.1x 0.9x 1.0x
EV/FCF 25.7x 11.4x 5.2x
EV/Operating cash flow 13.1x 8.6x 4.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -1.65 -14.22 –

Growth

14 metrics
MetricXOMMPCEQNR
Revenue growth (1Y) 9.1% 15.9% 11.8%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -0.7% -0.6% –
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 71.5% –
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – -5.4% –
Operating income growth (1Y) – 163.0% 37.1%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – -9.1% –
Net income growth (1Y) 4.4% 174.5% 105.5%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -14.1% -10.4% –
EPS growth (1Y) 5.6% 324.1% 160.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -14.1% -1.0% –
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 10.0% 164.9% 22.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) -4.1% 4.8% –
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 4.9% 253.7% 257.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) -13.0% 1.0% –

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricXOMMPCEQNR
Gross margin – 14.0% –
EBITDA margin 20.5% 11.2% 41.9%
Operating margin – 9.0% 32.3%
Pretax margin 12.3% 8.2% 32.8%
Net margin 8.9% 5.5% 9.1%
FCF margin 8.3% 8.3% 18.8%
Operating cash flow margin 16.2% 11.0% 20.0%
Return on equity 12.8% 42.0% 26.8%
Return on assets 7.3% 11.3% 834.8%
Return on invested capital 11.1% 19.7% 57.3%
Return on capital employed 12.3% 22.1% –
Asset turnover 0.8x 1.7x 86.0x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.7x 2.1x
Stock comp / revenue – – –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricXOMMPCEQNR
Debt / assets 9.1% 35.3% 1,674%
Debt / equity 0.2x 1.3x 0.5x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.4x 1.5x 0.0x
Debt / FCF 1.4x 2.6x 1.1x
Liabilities / assets 42.7% 72.7% -2,981%
Equity / assets 57.3% 27.3% 3,081%
Interest coverage 59.5x 10.4x –
Current ratio 1.1x 1.3x 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.8x 0.9x 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.3x 0.6x
Altman Z-score 4.92 3.97 –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricXOMMPCEQNR
Dividend yield 2.2% 0.9% 3.2%
Net buyback yield 2.7% 4.1% –
Shareholder yield 5.0% 5.0% 3.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 51.1% 11.3% –
Payout ratio (FCF) 56.4% 9.0% –
Dividend growth (1Y) 0.0% 2.8% –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 5.0% -3.4% –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusXOMMPCEQNR
Forward P/E 13.0xFY2026 6.3xFY2026 8.8xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $14.10FY2026 $68.44FY2026 $5.41FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +101.7%FY2026 +539.6%FY2026 +119.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -15.5% -13.2% -15.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $448.73BFY2026 $192.95BFY2026 $120.69BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +35.1%FY2026 +42.7%FY2026 +14.0%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -12.5% -9.3% -1.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersXOMMPCEQNR
Held by institutions 63.9% 75.7% 6.6%
Institutions holding 4,230 1,933 410
Change in shares held, QoQ -2.2% -0.3% +1.8%
Institutions buying 2,043 858 231
Institutions selling 1,746 699 115
Buyers to sellers 1.17 1.23 2.01

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

XOMMPCEQNR
XOM 1.00 0.52 0.74
MPC 0.52 1.00 0.49
EQNR 0.74 0.49 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, XOM, MPC and EQNR?

ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) is the largest by market capitalisation: ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) $779.83B, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) $127.85B, Equinor Asa (EQNR) $126.28B.

Which stock is cheaper, XOM, MPC and EQNR?

Equinor Asa (EQNR) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) 23.8x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 14.9x, Equinor Asa (EQNR) 11.4x). On next year's consensus earnings, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) is cheapest (ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) 13.0x, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 6.3x, Equinor Asa (EQNR) 8.8x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Marathon Petroleum (MPC) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) +9.1%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +15.9%, Equinor Asa (EQNR) +11.8%.

Which company is more profitable?

Equinor Asa (EQNR) has the highest net margin (ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) 8.9%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 5.5%, Equinor Asa (EQNR) 9.1%). On return on invested capital, Equinor Asa (EQNR) leads (ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) 11.1%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 19.7%, Equinor Asa (EQNR) 57.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Marathon Petroleum (MPC) returned the most: ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) +57.3%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +121.0%, Equinor Asa (EQNR) +96.9%. Over five years, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) compounded fastest (ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) +23.2%/yr, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) +45.7%/yr, Equinor Asa (EQNR) +13.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) has the highest dividend yield: ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) 0.02%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 0.01%, Equinor Asa (EQNR) 0.00%. Equinor Asa (EQNR) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) has been the steadiest (ExxonMobil Holdings (XOM) 26.0%, Marathon Petroleum (MPC) 36.9%, Equinor Asa (EQNR) 39.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, XOM, MPC and EQNR?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Equinor Asa (EQNR) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.