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Better Than Buffett: 3 Oil Stocks to Buy Instead of Occidental Petroleum

By Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe – Aug 31, 2024 at 8:00AM EST

Valuation, diversification, and other factors that make these three better stocks.

In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe make the case for Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC +0.13%), TotalEnergies (TTE +0.00%), and Devon Energy (DVN +0.34%) as better oil stocks to buy right now than Occidental Petroleum (OXY 0.28%).

*Stock prices used were from the morning of Aug. 29, 2024. The video was published on Aug. 30, 2024.

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Jason Hall
Jason Hall is a contributing Motley Fool stock market analyst with more than a decade of experience writing about dividend stocks and long-term investing. He has been with the company since 2012 and previously spent over 10 years in technical sales in the printing and information services industry. Jason also founded and operated a small food manufacturing business.
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Jason Hall has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. Tyler Crowe has positions in TotalEnergies. The Motley Fool recommends Occidental Petroleum. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. Jason Hall is an affiliate of The Motley Fool and may be compensated for promoting its services. If you choose to subscribe through their link they will earn some extra money that supports their channel. Their opinions remain their own and are unaffected by The Motley Fool.

Stocks Mentioned

Occidental Petroleum Stock Quote

Occidental Petroleum

NYSE: OXY
$39.62 (0.00%) $0.11
Devon Energy Stock Quote

Devon Energy

NYSE: DVN
$35.84 (+0.00%) $+0.12
Marathon Petroleum Stock Quote

Marathon Petroleum

NYSE: MPC
$168.32 (+0.00%) $+0.21

*Average returns of all recommendations since inception. Cost basis and return based on previous market day close.

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