Phillips 66 (PSX) & Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (ANW) Head-To-Head Analysis

Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network (NYSE:ANW) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.

Dividends

Phillips 66 pays an annual dividend of $2.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network pays an annual dividend of $0.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.6%. Phillips 66 pays out 83.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network pays out 11.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has increased its dividend for 5 consecutive years.

Profitability

This table compares Phillips 66 and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Phillips 66	1.87%	6.29%	2.93%
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network	0.56%	7.97%	2.95%

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Phillips 66 and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network’s gross revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	EBITDA	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Phillips 66	$79.20 billion	0.54	$2.21 billion	$3.35	24.90
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network	$5.30 billion	0.04	$106.56 million	$0.70	6.93

Phillips 66 has higher revenue and earnings than Aegean Marine Petroleum Network. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Phillips 66, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Risk & Volatility

Phillips 66 has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its stock price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has a beta of 2.25, meaning that its stock price is 125% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Ratings

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Phillips 66 and Aegean Marine Petroleum Network, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Phillips 66	0	7	3	0	2.30
Aegean Marine Petroleum Network	0	0	3	0	3.00

Phillips 66 presently has a consensus price target of $82.33, indicating a potential downside of 1.30%. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network has a consensus price target of $7.67, indicating a potential upside of 58.08%. Given Aegean Marine Petroleum Network’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Aegean Marine Petroleum Network is more favorable than Phillips 66.

Institutional and Insider Ownership

69.6% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.9% of Aegean Marine Petroleum Network shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Phillips 66 shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Phillips 66 Company Profile

Phillips 66 is an energy manufacturing and logistics company with midstream, chemicals, refining, and marketing and specialties businesses. The Company operates through four segments: Midstream, Chemicals, Refining, and Marketing and Specialties (M&S). The Midstream segment gathers, processes, transports and markets natural gas, and transports, stores, fractionates and markets natural gas liquids (NGLs) in the United States. The Chemicals segment consists of its equity investment in Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC (CPChem), which manufactures and markets petrochemicals and plastics. The Refining segment buys, sells and refines crude oil and other feedstocks at refineries in the United States and Europe. The M&S segment purchases for resale and markets refined petroleum products, such as gasolines, distillates and aviation fuels, primarily in the United States and Europe, as well as includes the manufacturing and marketing of specialty products, and power generation operations.

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Company Profile

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. is an international marine fuel logistics company. The Company markets and physically supplies refined marine fuel and lubricants to vessels in port, at sea and on rivers. As a physical supplier, the Company procures marine fuel from refineries, oil producers and other sources, and resells and delivers these fuels from its bunkering vessels to a range of end users. The Company owns and operates a fleet of approximately 50 bunkering vessels. The Company operates over 10 land-based storage facilities. The Company operates a vessel as a floating storage facility with a cargo carrying capacity of approximately 19,900 deadweight tonnage (dwt). The Company provides fueling services to various types of ocean-going and various types of coastal vessels, such as oil tankers, container ships, drybulk carriers, cruise ships, reefers, liquefied natural gas (LNG)/liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, car carriers and ferries.