BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares (BP.B) Competitors

TotalEnergies (LON:TTE) and BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares (LON:BP.B) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking and profitability.

Is TTE or BP.B a better dividend stock?

TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of GBX 316 per share and has a dividend yield of 598.0%. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. TotalEnergies pays out 3,168.1% 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 PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares pays out -12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media refer more to TTE or BP.B?

In the previous week, TotalEnergies had 5 more articles in the media than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for TotalEnergies and 0 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. TotalEnergies' average media sentiment score of 0.11 beat BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' score of 0.00 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
TotalEnergies	Neutral
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Neutral

Which has more risk and volatility, TTE or BP.B?

TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.74, meaning that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer TTE or BP.B?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares received 49 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
TotalEnergies	N/A	N/A
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Outperform Votes 49 24.87%	Underperform Votes 148 75.13%

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in TTE or BP.B?

41.7% of TotalEnergies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are held by institutional investors. 7.5% of TotalEnergies shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better earnings & valuation, TTE or BP.B?

TotalEnergies has higher revenue and earnings than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TotalEnergies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
TotalEnergies	£24.80T	0.00	£2.27T	£9.97	5.30
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	£199.76B	0.16	£7.37B	-£71.50	-2.29

Is TTE or BP.B more profitable?

TotalEnergies has a net margin of 9.14% compared to BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' net margin of 3.69%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 20.09% beat BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
TotalEnergies	9.14%	20.09%	6.35%
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	3.69%	9.52%	4.07%

Summary

TotalEnergies beats BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.