BP vs. SHEL, BP.B, TTE, WG, QED, VOG, ECHO, WDS, DCC, and HBR
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Shell (SHEL), BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares (BP.B), TotalEnergies (TTE), John Wood Group (WG), Quadrise (QED), Victoria Oil & Gas (VOG), Echo Energy (ECHO), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), DCC (DCC), and Harbour Energy (HBR).
Shell (LON:SHEL) and BP (LON:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Shell has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shell has higher revenue and earnings than BP. BP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BP received 1634 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.42% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 28.90% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.
Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 109 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Shell pays out 5,069.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BP pays out 5,348.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Shell had 7 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Shell and 8 mentions for BP. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Shell's score of -0.01 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shell has a net margin of 5.96% compared to Shell's net margin of 4.62%. Shell's return on equity of 11.47% beat BP's return on equity.
Shell currently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,123.50, suggesting a potential upside of 10.77%. BP has a consensus price target of GBX 628.57, suggesting a potential upside of 29.07%. Given Shell's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.
36.1% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.2% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shell beats BP on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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