Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Competitors

Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) and Shell (NYSE: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 profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.

Is CNQ or SHEL a better dividend stock?

Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 77.9% 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 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years. Canadian Natural Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CNQ or SHEL?

74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by 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.

Does the media refer more to CNQ or SHEL?

In the previous week, Shell had 23 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 50 mentions for Shell and 27 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Shell's score of 0.76 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Canadian Natural Resources	15 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Shell	19 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, CNQ or SHEL?

Shell has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Natural Resources. Shell is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Natural Resources, 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
Canadian Natural Resources	$41.51B	1.47	$6.10B	$2.08	13.94
Shell	$284.31B	0.71	$16.09B	$5.02	13.28

Do analysts recommend CNQ or SHEL?

Canadian Natural Resources currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 117.32%. Shell has a consensus price target of $77.73, indicating a potential upside of 16.58%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Shell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Canadian Natural Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.07

Which has more risk and volatility, CNQ or SHEL?

Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CNQ or SHEL more profitable?

Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.07% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Canadian Natural Resources	18.45%	20.07%	10.51%
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CNQ or SHEL?

Canadian Natural Resources received 301 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.99% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 66.03% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Canadian Natural Resources	Outperform Votes 614 68.99%	Underperform Votes 276 31.01%
Shell	Outperform Votes 313 66.03%	Underperform Votes 161 33.97%

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Shell on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.