BP vs. SHEL, WDS, MRO, BPT, GPOR, TTE, DEC, KOS, IMO, and STR
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Shell (SHEL), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Melrose Industries (MRO), Bridgepoint Group (BPT), Great Portland Estates (GPOR), TotalEnergies (TTE), Diversified Energy (DEC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), IMImobile (IMO), and Stride Gaming (STR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
BP vs. Its Competitors
BP (LON:BP) and Shell (LON:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. BP pays out 171.8% 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 62.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
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.
BP currently has a consensus target price of GBX 450, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Shell has a consensus target price of GBX 3,110, indicating a potential upside of 18.51%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than BP.
Shell has a net margin of 5.27% compared to BP's net margin of 1.39%. Shell's return on equity of 8.38% beat BP's return on equity.
In the previous week, Shell had 18 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 25 mentions for Shell and 7 mentions for BP. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.24 beat BP's score of 0.04 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BP has a beta of 0.49, indicating that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500.
41.6% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.9% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shell beats BP on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (LON:BP) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff