EQNR vs. SHEL, TTE, BP, PBR, CNQ, E, SU, WDS, CVE, and EXE
Should you be buying Equinor ASA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinor ASA include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Expand Energy (EXE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Equinor ASA vs. Its Competitors
Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and Shell (NYSE:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Equinor ASA presently has a consensus price target of $22.71, suggesting a potential downside of 6.36%. Shell has a consensus price target of $76.71, suggesting a potential upside of 7.45%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
Equinor ASA has a net margin of 7.60% compared to Shell's net margin of 4.93%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 16.91% beat Shell's return on equity.
5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Shell 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.
Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Equinor ASA pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 64.4% 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. Equinor ASA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Shell has higher revenue and earnings than Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.46, indicating that its stock price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Shell had 33 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for Shell and 7 mentions for Equinor ASA. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Equinor ASA's score of 0.66 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Shell beats Equinor ASA on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EQNR) was last updated on 9/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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