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

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

Do analysts rate BP.B or WTI?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
LS WTI Oil ETC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, BP.B or WTI?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has higher revenue and earnings than LS WTI Oil ETC.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	£208.35B	0.14	£15.24B	-£71.50	-2.10
LS WTI Oil ETC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BP.B or WTI?

LS WTI Oil ETC received 96 more outperform votes than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave LS WTI Oil ETC an outperform vote while only 24.87% of users gave BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Outperform Votes 49 24.87%	Underperform Votes 148 75.13%
LS WTI Oil ETC	Outperform Votes 145 65.02%	Underperform Votes 78 34.98%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in BP.B or WTI?

54.7% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer BP.B or WTI?

In the previous week, BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares had 3 more articles in the media than LS WTI Oil ETC. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares and 1 mentions for LS WTI Oil ETC. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' average media sentiment score of 0.55 beat LS WTI Oil ETC's score of 0.34 indicating that BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
LS WTI Oil ETC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BP.B or WTI more profitable?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has a net margin of 7.31% compared to LS WTI Oil ETC's net margin of 0.00%. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' return on equity of 18.85% beat LS WTI Oil ETC's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	7.31%	18.85%	5.82%
LS WTI Oil ETC	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares beats LS WTI Oil ETC on 7 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.