EC vs. EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, CVE, WDS, EXE, PBA, CTRA, and VNOM
Should you be buying Ecopetrol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecopetrol include Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Expand Energy (EXE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Ecopetrol vs. Its Competitors
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.5%. Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.8%. Ecopetrol pays out 115.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Equinor ASA pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Equinor ASA had 5 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Equinor ASA and 3 mentions for Ecopetrol. Ecopetrol's average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Equinor ASA's score of 0.70 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Equinor ASA. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinor ASA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecopetrol has a net margin of 8.75% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 7.60%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 16.91% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.52, suggesting that its share price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA 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.
Ecopetrol currently has a consensus target price of $11.75, indicating a potential upside of 28.35%. Equinor ASA has a consensus target price of $22.71, indicating a potential downside of 10.45%. Given Ecopetrol's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
Summary
Equinor ASA beats Ecopetrol on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:EC) was last updated on 10/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
