EC vs. CNQ, EQNR, E, SU, EXE, WDS, CVE, PBA, CTRA, and YPF
Should you be buying Ecopetrol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecopetrol include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Equinor ASA (EQNR), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Ecopetrol vs.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 12.92%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.07% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 17.8%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Ecopetrol pays out 72.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 63.9% 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. Canadian Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Natural Resources. Ecopetrol 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.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 0.82, indicating that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.04, indicating that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol presently has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.64%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus target price of $63.00, suggesting a potential upside of 104.98%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 14 mentions for Ecopetrol. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.83 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Canadian Natural Resources received 310 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.99% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 52.96% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources beats Ecopetrol on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EC) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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