SHEL vs. BP, TTE, WG, QED, ECHO, WDS, DCC, HBR, KOS, and ENOG
Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include BP (BP), TotalEnergies (TTE), John Wood Group (WG), Quadrise (QED), Echo Energy (ECHO), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), DCC (DCC), Harbour Energy (HBR), Kosmos Energy (KOS), and Energean (ENOG). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
BP (LON:BP) and Shell (LON:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.
In the previous week, Shell had 15 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Shell and 8 mentions for BP. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat BP's score of 0.08 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the media.
38.3% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 108 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BP pays out 3,235.3% 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 4,778.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
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 has a beta of 0.55, suggesting that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.57, suggesting that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BP received 1636 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.46% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 27.65% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.
BP currently has a consensus price target of GBX 632.63, suggesting a potential upside of 22.41%. Shell has a consensus price target of GBX 3,086, suggesting a potential upside of 8.43%. Given Shell's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.
BP has a net margin of 7.31% compared to BP's net margin of 6.11%. Shell's return on equity of 18.85% beat BP's return on equity.
Summary
BP beats Shell on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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