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GBX 420.55 -4.40 (-1.04%)
As of 09/12/2025

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

Shell (LON:SHEL) and BP (LON:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

16.9% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BP shares are owned by company insiders. 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.

In the previous week, Shell had 7 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Shell and 12 mentions for BP. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat BP's score of 0.04 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shell
10 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
BP
0 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 1.39 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.1%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Shell pays out 62.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.49, suggesting that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Shell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,110, suggesting a potential upside of 17.18%. BP has a consensus target price of GBX 450, suggesting a potential upside of 7.00%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than BP.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shell
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
BP
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shell5.27% 8.38% 5.28%
BP 1.39%3.99%4.07%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shell£272.01B0.57£18.82B£2.241,184.80
BP£233.22B0.35£3.23B£13.3931.41

Summary

Shell beats BP on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding BP and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of LON and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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BP vs. The Competition

MetricBPOil & Gas Integrated IndustryEnergy SectorLON Exchange
Market Cap£81.85B£54.91B£7.94B£2.58B
Dividend Yield5.10%4.62%10.78%5.30%
P/E Ratio31.4173.9039.915,410.64
Price / Sales0.3514.30946.8896,691.08
Price / Cash3.036.1336.2527.93
Price / Book0.861.903.907.76
Net Income£3.23B£257.08B£4.29B£5.89B
7 Day Performance1.18%-0.16%0.61%6.47%
1 Month Performance-0.83%1.69%2.78%55.90%
1 Year Performance4.35%10.05%15.73%147.80%

BP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BP
BP
3.184 of 5 stars
GBX 420.55
-1.0%
GBX 450
+7.0%
+6.7%£81.85B£233.22B31.4165,900High Trading Volume
SHEL
Shell
2.4763 of 5 stars
GBX 2,656.15
+1.0%
GBX 3,110
+17.1%
+4.6%£154.35B£272.01B1,185.78103,000Trending News
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
N/AN/AN/AN/A£23.94B£12.58B1,702.704,380
MRO
Melrose Industries
3.0025 of 5 stars
GBX 613.07
-0.3%
GBX 655
+6.8%
+26.2%£7.76B£3.45B2,492.151,570News Coverage
Positive News
Insider Trade
BPT
Bridgepoint Group
1.412 of 5 stars
GBX 326.60
-1.6%
GBX 388
+18.8%
-3.6%£2.69B£444.20M6,162.26391Gap Down
GPOR
Great Portland Estates
N/AN/AN/AN/A£1.87B£100.70M124.66210Gap Up
TTE
TotalEnergies
N/AGBX 52.07
+0.2%
N/A-14.3%£1.14B£187.12B9.43101,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
DEC
Diversified Energy
N/AGBX 1,105
-0.5%
N/A+38.4%£854.04M£1.20B-415.411,603Positive News
Dividend Announcement
KOS
Kosmos Energy
N/AGBX 126
-4.9%
N/A-58.6%£602.60M£1.49B-370.59240Gap Down
IMO
IMImobile
N/AN/AN/AN/A£490.40M£164.04M123.755,300
STR
Stride Gaming
N/AN/AN/AN/A£112.95M£78.21M-25.2510

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This page (LON:BP) was last updated on 9/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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