PBR vs. SHEL, TTE, BP, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, EXE, WDS, and CVE
Should you be buying Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras vs.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
In the previous week, Shell had 22 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 34 mentions for Shell and 12 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' score of 0.76 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shell presently has a consensus price target of $78.26, indicating a potential upside of 11.72%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a consensus price target of $17.47, indicating a potential upside of 50.42%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than Shell.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity of 29.35% beat Shell's return on equity.
28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 252 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.25% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 56.97% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shell. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shell has a beta of 0.39, meaning that its share price is 61% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 0.84, meaning that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Shell pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 86.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Shell beats Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PBR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
