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Ecopetrol (EC) Competitors

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$8.48 +0.03 (+0.36%)
Closing price 05/22/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ecopetrol12.92% 8.66% 3.04%
Canadian Natural Resources 18.45%20.07%10.51%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Ecopetrol$133.39T0.00$25.27B$2.094.06
Canadian Natural Resources$44.80B1.44$6.10B$2.5512.05

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ecopetrol
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Canadian Natural Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ecopetrol
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Canadian Natural Resources
19 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
EcopetrolOutperform Votes
304
52.96%
Underperform Votes
270
47.04%
Canadian Natural ResourcesOutperform Votes
614
68.99%
Underperform Votes
276
31.01%

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Ecopetrol on 18 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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EC vs. The Competition

MetricEcopetrolCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$17.44B$7.60B$7.25B$19.31B
Dividend Yield19.29%24.00%10.96%3.83%
P/E Ratio4.0610.3853.8734.55
Price / Sales0.007.6224,453.0734.91
Price / Cash1.057.3835.5017.51
Price / Book0.141.563.504.68
Net Income$25.27B$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.41%-1.61%-1.22%-1.96%
1 Month Performance-5.98%2.88%6.12%7.26%
1 Year Performance-28.52%-16.04%178.08%3.95%

Ecopetrol Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
EC
Ecopetrol
3.4894 of 5 stars
$8.48
+0.4%
$11.00
+29.7%
-28.6%$17.43B$133.39T4.0618,000
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.8013 of 5 stars
$31.40
+2.9%
$63.00
+100.6%
-18.1%$65.78B$44.80B12.209,740Positive News
Gap Up
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.6949 of 5 stars
$23.12
+0.4%
$20.85
-9.8%
-17.6%$64.56B$106.80B7.4321,100Trending News
Analyst Downgrade
E
ENI
2.1032 of 5 stars
$29.57
+0.4%
$31.60
+6.9%
-5.6%$49.91B$88.43B17.7132,700Analyst Downgrade
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7213 of 5 stars
$35.85
+2.6%
$59.20
+65.1%
-12.5%$44.21B$54.91B10.3916,600Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
3.539 of 5 stars
$110.76
-1.4%
$123.22
+11.2%
N/A$26.34B$5.34B68.321,000Analyst Forecast
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.819 of 5 stars
$13.47
+1.9%
N/A-23.9%$25.57B$13.18B16.424,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.9135 of 5 stars
$13.71
+3.6%
$25.75
+87.8%
-33.3%$24.99B$57.73B11.336,000Positive News
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
4.3118 of 5 stars
$36.96
-0.3%
$56.00
+51.5%
+1.4%$21.47B$8.01B15.272,670Positive News
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.9826 of 5 stars
$24.13
+3.2%
$33.75
+39.9%
-11.2%$18.44B$5.93B14.54980Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
2.8509 of 5 stars
$35.54
+8.7%
$40.73
+14.6%
+66.0%$13.98B$19.42B17.9521,300Analyst Upgrade

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