SHEL vs. BP, TTE, WG, QED, ECHO, WDS, DCC, HBR, KOS, and ENOG
Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include BP (BP), TotalEnergies (TTE), John Wood Group (WG), Quadrise (QED), Echo Energy (ECHO), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), DCC (DCC), Harbour Energy (HBR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
BP has a net margin of 7.31% compared to BP's net margin of 5.96%. Shell's return on equity of 18.85% beat BP's return on equity.
In the previous week, Shell had 8 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Shell and 7 mentions for BP. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.20 beat BP's score of -0.05 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
46.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of BP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Shell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BP currently has a consensus target price of GBX 628.57, indicating a potential upside of 26.49%. Shell has a consensus target price of GBX 3,109.78, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Given Shell's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.
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.
BP has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 110 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. 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 5,045.9% 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.
Summary
BP beats Shell on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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