EC vs. PBR, WDS, SHEL, TTE, CNQ, EOG, PXD, OXY, E, and CVE
Should you be buying Ecopetrol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecopetrol include Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
In the previous week, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras had 3 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras and 11 mentions for Ecopetrol. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.31 beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' score of 0.12 indicating that Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.42, meaning that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.27, meaning that its stock price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.7%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 22.46% compared to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' net margin of 14.77%. Ecopetrol's return on equity of 31.07% beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 259 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.77% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote while only 53.30% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras currently has a consensus target price of $16.33, suggesting a potential upside of 7.05%. Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $11.27, suggesting a potential downside of 9.36%. Given Ecopetrol's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Ecopetrol has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecopetrol, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras beats Ecopetrol on 15 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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