PBR vs. EC, GBR, VOC, WDS, BAK, CSAN, HUSA, MXC, BRN, and USEG
Should you be buying Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras include Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Braskem (BAK), Cosan (CSAN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Mexco Energy (MXC), Barnwell Industries (BRN), and U.S. Energy (USEG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment and community ranking.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 259 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote while only 53.30% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Ecopetrol currently has a consensus price target of $11.27, suggesting a potential downside of 2.37%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a consensus price target of $16.76, suggesting a potential upside of 2.02%. Given Ecopetrol's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.27, suggesting that its share price is 27% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' net margin of 14.77%. Ecopetrol's return on equity of 34.44% beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity.
In the previous week, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras had 6 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras and 1 mentions for Ecopetrol. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' average media sentiment score of 0.46 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.20 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.1%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. 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 pays out 22.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Summary
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras beats Ecopetrol on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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