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PETROLEO BRASIL/S (PBR.A) Competitors

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PBR.A vs. SHEL, TTE, PBR, CNQ, EOG, E, FANG, OXY, EQT, and EXE

Should you be buying PETROLEO BRASIL/S stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PETROLEO BRASIL/S include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), ENI (E), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), EQT (EQT), and Chesapeake Energy (EXE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.

PETROLEO BRASIL/S vs.

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

Shell currently has a consensus target price of $77.35, suggesting a potential upside of 16.91%. 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)
11 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.07
PETROLEO BRASIL/S
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shell$281.07B0.71$16.09B$4.3415.24
PETROLEO BRASIL/S$102.41B0.69$24.88B$2.564.27

In the previous week, Shell had 46 more articles in the media than PETROLEO BRASIL/S. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Shell and 1 mentions for PETROLEO BRASIL/S. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.99 beat PETROLEO BRASIL/S's score of 0.00 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shell
29 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
4 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
PETROLEO BRASIL/S
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PETROLEO BRASIL/S shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Shell received 151 more outperform votes than PETROLEO BRASIL/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.11% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave PETROLEO BRASIL/S an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ShellOutperform Votes
314
66.11%
Underperform Votes
161
33.89%
PETROLEO BRASIL/SOutperform Votes
163
62.93%
Underperform Votes
96
37.07%

Shell has a beta of 0.38, suggesting that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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
Shell5.57% 12.75% 6.01%
PETROLEO BRASIL/S 16.96%29.35%10.79%

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.5%. 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.

Summary

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

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PBR.A vs. The Competition

MetricPETROLEO BRASIL/SCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$87.26B$7.68B$7.34B$19.10B
Dividend Yield10.86%24.08%10.73%3.94%
P/E Ratio4.2710.2352.6433.52
Price / Sales0.698.9126,199.6533.44
Price / Cash2.167.3834.9117.51
Price / Book0.891.543.394.59
Net Income$24.88B$1.11B$4.26B$1.02B

PETROLEO BRASIL/S Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PBR.A
PETROLEO BRASIL/S
N/A$10.93
-10.3%
N/A-32.0%$87.26B$102.41B4.2763,361
SHEL
Shell
4.3823 of 5 stars
$65.11
-2.3%
$77.35
+18.8%
-10.7%$195.85B$284.31B12.9782,000Dividend Announcement
Buyback Announcement
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.0858 of 5 stars
$57.40
-0.6%
$69.42
+20.9%
-20.5%$137.64B$191.63B8.62101,300Positive News
PBR
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
4.9628 of 5 stars
$11.20
-3.5%
$17.81
+59.1%
-30.9%$72.18B$91.42B4.3845,100
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.7264 of 5 stars
$28.00
-3.5%
$63.00
+125.0%
-20.2%$60.85B$41.51B10.879,740Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Revision
Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
4.7696 of 5 stars
$108.51
-2.1%
$140.95
+29.9%
-14.6%$59.85B$23.39B8.742,850
E
ENI
2.6877 of 5 stars
$28.48
-1.1%
$31.60
+11.0%
-9.9%$48.07B$88.43B17.0532,700Positive News
Gap Up
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.875 of 5 stars
$133.08
-2.7%
$197.70
+48.6%
-31.8%$39.14B$11.02B7.62970Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
Positive News
Gap Down
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.8461 of 5 stars
$38.81
-4.4%
$54.19
+39.6%
-33.5%$36.47B$26.73B15.9112,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQT
EQT
4.0631 of 5 stars
$53.50
+3.2%
$55.94
+4.6%
+42.0%$32.03B$6.34B133.75740Analyst Revision
Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
3.0822 of 5 stars
$108.35
+2.3%
$123.22
+13.7%
N/A$25.79B$5.34B66.881,000

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This page (NYSE:PBR.A) was last updated on 5/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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