Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Competitors

Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in SHEL or CNQ?

28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is SHEL or CNQ more profitable?

Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 18.21% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 5.83%. Shell's return on equity of 20.58% beat Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.83%	13.83%	6.44%
Canadian Natural Resources	18.21%	20.58%	10.69%

Which has more volatility & risk, SHEL or CNQ?

Shell has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor SHEL or CNQ?

Canadian Natural Resources received 315 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.02% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 64.67% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 291 64.67%	Underperform Votes 159 35.33%
Canadian Natural Resources	Outperform Votes 606 69.02%	Underperform Votes 272 30.98%

Is SHEL or CNQ a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Shell pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 61.0% 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. Canadian Natural Resources has raised its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Canadian Natural Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer SHEL or CNQ?

Shell presently has a consensus price target of $85.00, suggesting a potential upside of 17.97%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $47.00, suggesting a potential upside of 36.51%. Given Shell's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Shell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Canadian Natural Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.11

Which has better earnings and valuation, SHEL or CNQ?

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
Shell	$323.18B	0.70	$19.36B	$5.42	13.29
Canadian Natural Resources	$40.71B	1.80	$6.10B	$2.51	13.72

Does the media prefer SHEL or CNQ?

In the previous week, Shell had 20 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Shell and 4 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Canadian Natural Resources' score of 0.02 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	17 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Canadian Natural Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Shell on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.