BP (BP) Competitors

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.

Which has higher valuation and earnings, BP or SHEL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BP	$187.21B	0.42	$381M	-$0.46	-62.88
Shell	$281.07B	0.71	$16.09B	$4.34	15.19

Which has more risk and volatility, BP or SHEL?

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.

Do institutionals and insiders believe in BP or SHEL?

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.

Does the media refer more to BP or SHEL?

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

Is BP or SHEL a better dividend stock?

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.

Is BP or SHEL more profitable?

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
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%

Do analysts rate BP or SHEL?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BP or SHEL?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 66.95%	Underperform Votes 592 33.05%
Shell	Outperform Votes 316 66.25%	Underperform Votes 161 33.75%

Summary

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