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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.

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 analysts recommend 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

Does the media favor BP.B or WTI?

In the previous week, LS WTI Oil ETC had 2 more articles in the media than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for LS WTI Oil ETC and 0 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled LS WTI Oil ETC'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Neutral
LS WTI Oil ETC	Neutral

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

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

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

Which has better earnings & valuation, 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	-2.09
LS WTI Oil ETC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Summary

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares beats LS WTI Oil ETC on 5 of the 8 factors compared between the two stocks.