PETROLEO BRASIL/S (PBR.A) Competitors

Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and PETROLEO BRASIL/S (NYSE:PBR.A) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, SHEL or PBR.A?

PETROLEO BRASIL/S has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shell. PETROLEO BRASIL/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shell	$281.07B	0.76	$16.09B	$4.34	16.46
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	$102.41B	0.70	$24.88B	$2.56	4.36

Do insiders and institutionals have more ownership in SHEL or PBR.A?

28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PETROLEO BRASIL/S 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.

Do analysts prefer SHEL or PBR.A?

Shell currently has a consensus target price of $78.26, indicating a potential upside of 9.56%. Given Shell's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than PETROLEO BRASIL/S.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Is SHEL or PBR.A a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Shell pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays out 57.4% 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. PETROLEO BRASIL/S is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media favor SHEL or PBR.A?

In the previous week, Shell had 36 more articles in the media than PETROLEO BRASIL/S. MarketBeat recorded 36 mentions for Shell and 0 mentions for PETROLEO BRASIL/S. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat PETROLEO BRASIL/S's score of 0.00 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Shell	Positive
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	Neutral

Is SHEL or PBR.A more profitable?

PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. PETROLEO BRASIL/S's return on equity of 29.35% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	16.96%	29.35%	10.79%

Which has more risk & volatility, SHEL or PBR.A?

Shell has a beta of 0.39, indicating that its stock price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHEL or PBR.A?

Shell received 153 more outperform votes than PETROLEO BRASIL/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.25% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave PETROLEO BRASIL/S an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 316 66.25%	Underperform Votes 161 33.75%
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	Outperform Votes 163 62.93%	Underperform Votes 96 37.07%

Summary

Shell beats PETROLEO BRASIL/S on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.