BP vs. SHEL, WDS, TTE, WG, QED, ECHO, DCC, KOS, HBR, and ENOG
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Shell (SHEL), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), TotalEnergies (TTE), John Wood Group (WG), Quadrise (QED), Echo Energy (ECHO), DCC (DCC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Harbour Energy (HBR), and Energean (ENOG). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
BP (LON:BP) and Shell (LON:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
In the previous week, Shell had 16 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Shell and 9 mentions for BP. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.23 beat BP's score of 0.10 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 108 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BP pays out 3,235.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Shell pays out 4,778.8% 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 1633 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 28.90% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.
46.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
BP has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Shell's net margin of 6.11%. BP's return on equity of 18.85% beat Shell's return on equity.
BP has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BP currently has a consensus target price of GBX 628.57, suggesting a potential upside of 23.15%. Shell has a consensus target price of GBX 3,109.78, suggesting a potential upside of 8.79%. Given BP's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.
Summary
BP and Shell tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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