EQNR vs. TTE, BP, PBR, EC, CTRA, WDS, PR, CHK, HESM, and CHRD
Should you be buying Equinor ASA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinor ASA include TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
TotalEnergies (NYSE:TTE) and Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
TotalEnergies has a net margin of 9.52% compared to TotalEnergies' net margin of 9.11%. TotalEnergies' return on equity of 20.09% beat Equinor ASA's return on equity.
In the previous week, TotalEnergies had 7 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for TotalEnergies and 15 mentions for Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat TotalEnergies' score of 0.44 indicating that TotalEnergies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
TotalEnergies has higher revenue and earnings than Equinor ASA. TotalEnergies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinor ASA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
13.2% of TotalEnergies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
TotalEnergies currently has a consensus price target of $76.00, suggesting a potential upside of 12.01%. Equinor ASA has a consensus price target of $28.25, suggesting a potential upside of 8.65%. Given Equinor ASA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe TotalEnergies is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
TotalEnergies has a beta of 0.64, suggesting that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.84, suggesting that its stock price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
TotalEnergies pays an annual dividend of $2.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. TotalEnergies pays out 28.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinor ASA pays out 35.6% 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 received 180 more outperform votes than TotalEnergies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.52% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote while only 28.77% of users gave TotalEnergies an outperform vote.
Summary
TotalEnergies beats Equinor ASA on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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