ENB vs. SLB, CNQ, EOG, EPD, E, MPC, EQNR, PBR, PXD, and OXY
Should you be buying Enbridge stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enbridge include Schlumberger (SLB), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), ENI (E), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Enbridge (NYSE:ENB) and Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and dividends.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.98% compared to Enbridge's net margin of 7.26%. Schlumberger's return on equity of 21.80% beat Enbridge's return on equity.
Enbridge pays an annual dividend of $2.69 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Enbridge pays out 242.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schlumberger pays out 34.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
48.3% of Enbridge shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Schlumberger shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of Enbridge shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Schlumberger shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Enbridge currently has a consensus target price of $51.96, suggesting a potential upside of 48.79%. Schlumberger has a consensus target price of $70.36, suggesting a potential upside of 44.17%. Given Enbridge's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Enbridge is more favorable than Schlumberger.
In the previous week, Enbridge had 16 more articles in the media than Schlumberger. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Enbridge and 8 mentions for Schlumberger. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 0.73 beat Enbridge's score of 0.52 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Schlumberger received 893 more outperform votes than Enbridge when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.50% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote while only 68.16% of users gave Enbridge an outperform vote.
Schlumberger has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Enbridge. Schlumberger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enbridge, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Enbridge has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schlumberger has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Schlumberger beats Enbridge on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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