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BP vs. SHEL, TTE, PBR, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, EXE, WDS, and CVE

Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

BP vs.

BP (NYSE:BP) and Shell (NYSE:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, risk and earnings.

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
BP$187.21B0.42$381M-$0.46-62.88
Shell$281.07B0.71$16.09B$4.3415.19

BP has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.38, meaning that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500.

11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Shell had 26 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Shell and 22 mentions for BP. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat BP's score of 0.37 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
BP
6 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Shell
25 Very Positive mention(s)
7 Positive mention(s)
10 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. BP pays out -413.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. BP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Shell has a net margin of 5.57% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. Shell's return on equity of 12.75% beat BP's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
BP0.20% 10.96% 3.24%
Shell 5.57%12.75%6.01%

BP presently has a consensus target price of $35.28, suggesting a potential upside of 21.95%. Shell has a consensus target price of $78.35, suggesting a potential upside of 18.84%. Given BP's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
BP
2 Sell rating(s)
15 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.27
Shell
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
11 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

BP received 883 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 66.25% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
BPOutperform Votes
1199
66.95%
Underperform Votes
592
33.05%
ShellOutperform Votes
316
66.25%
Underperform Votes
161
33.75%

Summary

Shell beats BP on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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BP vs. The Competition

MetricBPPetroleum refining IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$78.56B$67.51B$7.25B$19.31B
Dividend Yield6.31%6.64%10.96%3.83%
P/E Ratio361.7360.4653.8734.55
Price / Sales0.420.8524,453.0734.91
Price / Cash3.567.5635.5017.51
Price / Book0.991.763.504.68
Net Income$381M$4.92B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-3.96%-3.26%-1.22%-1.96%
1 Month Performance0.11%11.72%6.12%7.26%
1 Year Performance-20.88%-17.09%178.08%3.95%

BP Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BP
BP
3.5161 of 5 stars
$28.92
+0.1%
$35.28
+22.0%
-22.0%$78.51B$187.21B361.5565,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
SHEL
Shell
4.0237 of 5 stars
$66.35
-0.4%
$78.35
+18.1%
-7.0%$199.58B$281.07B13.2282,000Trending News
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.8708 of 5 stars
$59.32
-0.6%
$69.36
+16.9%
-18.0%$142.23B$191.63B8.91101,300News Coverage
Positive News
PBR
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
4.9712 of 5 stars
$12.04
+0.2%
$17.47
+45.1%
-20.7%$77.59B$88.72B4.7045,100Dividend Increase
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.7091 of 5 stars
$23.12
-2.1%
$20.85
-9.8%
-17.6%$64.57B$106.80B7.4321,100Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.8018 of 5 stars
$30.49
-0.7%
$63.00
+106.6%
-20.4%$63.87B$44.80B11.849,740Positive News
E
ENI
2.1177 of 5 stars
$30.14
-0.1%
$31.60
+4.8%
-6.5%$50.88B$88.43B18.0532,700Analyst Downgrade
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7207 of 5 stars
$35.35
-0.8%
$59.20
+67.5%
-14.3%$43.59B$54.91B10.2516,600Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
3.5448 of 5 stars
$113.52
-0.4%
$125.33
+10.4%
N/A$27.02B$5.34B70.071,000Analyst Forecast
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8255 of 5 stars
$14.00
-0.6%
N/A-26.0%$26.58B$13.18B17.074,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.9145 of 5 stars
$13.48
-1.7%
$25.75
+91.0%
-34.5%$24.57B$58.12B11.146,000Positive News

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This page (NYSE:BP) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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