Head-To-Head Analysis: Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and AleAnna (NASDAQ:ANNA)

Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and AleAnna (NASDAQ:ANNA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations and price targets for Chevron and AleAnna, as provided by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chevron	1	5	20	0	2.73
AleAnna	1	0	0	0	1.00

Chevron currently has a consensus price target of $211.35, indicating a potential upside of 3.72%. Given Chevron’s stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Chevron is more favorable than AleAnna.

Risk & Volatility

Chevron has a beta of 0.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AleAnna has a beta of -1.61, suggesting that its stock price is 261% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

72.4% of Chevron shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.1% of AleAnna shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Chevron shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 39.5% of AleAnna shares are held 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.

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Chevron and AleAnna”s gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chevron	$208.71 billion	1.93	$12.30 billion	$10.43	19.54
AleAnna	$39.92 million	4.86	$1.80 million	$0.19	15.32

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

Profitability

This table compares Chevron and AleAnna’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chevron	9.57%	11.09%	6.54%
AleAnna	19.76%	12.95%	7.70%

Summary

Chevron beats AleAnna on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Chevron

Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the integrated energy and chemicals operations in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Upstream and Downstream. The Upstream segment is involved in the exploration, development, production, and transportation of crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation, and regasification of liquefied natural gas; transportation of crude oil through pipelines; transportation, storage, and marketing of natural gas; and carbon capture and storage, as well as a gas-to-liquids plant. The Downstream segment refines crude oil into petroleum products; markets crude oil, refined products, and lubricants; manufactures and markets renewable fuels, commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives; and transports crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment, and rail car. The company was formerly known as ChevronTexaco Corporation and changed its name to Chevron Corporation in 2005. Chevron Corporation was founded in 1879 and is headquartered in San Ramon, California.

About AleAnna

AleAnna, Inc. engages in oil and gas exploration and production activities. It focuses on Italy’s natural gas reserves and developing renewable energy solutions. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.