Oil & Gas Majors vs XLE
2 of 5 oil & gas majors headliners beat XLE over the last year (4 of 5 over six months, 1 of 5 over three). Every line is measured against the benchmark itself, so the zero line is XLE.
Weekly closes through 2026-10-29. The zero line is the benchmark: a name "beats" when its total return over the window is higher than XLE's. Rebuilt every morning.
Total return
| Name | 6M | vs bench | 1Y | vs bench | 3Y | vs bench | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| XLE benchmark | +22.9% | 0 | +52.9% | 0 | +58.0% | 0 | — |
| XOM | +26.4% | +3.5 | +55.9% | +3.0 | +69.6% | +11.6 | 2021-10 |
| CVX | +27.2% | +4.3 | +49.0% | -3.9 | +56.5% | -1.5 | 2021-10 |
| COP | +31.6% | +8.7 | +72.5% | +19.6 | +25.1% | -32.9 | 2021-10 |
| OXY | +18.2% | -4.7 | +51.8% | -1.1 | -0.5% | -58.5 | 2021-10 |
| EOG | +24.0% | +1.1 | +52.9% | +0.0 | +25.8% | -32.2 | 2021-10 |
A name whose history starts inside a window is measured from its first bar, not the window start — the "Since" column says where. Its "vs bench" (marked *) compares it with XLE over that same shorter span.
Headliners
Benchmarks available on the dashboard: XLE, XOP.
The wider oil & gas majors universe
The dashboard's Sleepers view screens these 21 lesser-covered names for the ones beating XOP on a trailing basis, with liquidity, price and coverage floors so nothing untradeable or already crowded gets through.
Other baskets
Interactive chart with 6M–5Y windows, relative / indexed / drawdown modes and the sleeper screen: Baskets tab.
How calls are checked
Every call is checked on the firm's own terms. A price target is followed until its own deadline (12 months unless the firm publishes a different horizon) and ends as reached (the stock closed at or beyond it while it stood), replaced (the same firm set a new target first) or short at deadline. A rating is compared with the stock's sector SPDR ETF on total return over the rating's life, because most big-firm ratings are relative: Overweight means "beat its peers", not "go up". Hold-type ratings are tracked, not graded. A firm is numbered only with 30+ resolved targets, and a letter prints only for a firm's whole record where an exact test separates it from a coin flip. None of this is a verdict on anyone's skill, and one day is never a grade. The full method →
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