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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 investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.2%. Shell pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 82.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

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

In the previous week, Shell had 33 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Shell and 14 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' score of 0.71 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shell
27 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
6 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shell$281.07B0.72$16.09B$4.3415.40
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras$88.72B0.87$24.88B$1.348.97

Shell presently has a consensus price target of $78.35, indicating a potential upside of 17.23%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a consensus price target of $17.47, indicating a potential upside of 45.41%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than Shell.

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)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13

Shell has a beta of 0.38, indicating that its share price is 62% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 0.87, indicating that its share price is 13% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shell5.57% 12.75% 6.01%
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras 16.96%29.35%10.79%

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 57.03% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ShellOutperform Votes
316
66.25%
Underperform Votes
161
33.75%
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - PetrobrasOutperform Votes
568
57.03%
Underperform Votes
428
42.97%

Summary

Shell beats Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PBR vs. The Competition

MetricPetróleo Brasileiro S.A. - PetrobrasCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$77.49B$7.73B$7.34B$19.61B
Dividend Yield8.77%23.98%10.95%3.84%
P/E Ratio4.7010.5354.5034.84
Price / Sales0.877.5523,748.1135.73
Price / Cash2.387.3835.5017.51
Price / Book0.981.593.554.75
Net Income$24.88B$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-0.87%-0.69%-0.67%0.12%
1 Month Performance4.21%5.94%8.46%11.47%
1 Year Performance-20.01%-16.04%177.11%4.87%

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PBR
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
4.9743 of 5 stars
$11.96
-0.5%
$17.47
+46.1%
-20.5%$77.04B$88.72B4.6745,100Dividend Increase
SHEL
Shell
4.0657 of 5 stars
$66.31
-0.5%
$78.35
+18.2%
-7.0%$199.46B$281.07B13.2182,000Trending News
TTE
TotalEnergies
4.0201 of 5 stars
$59.29
-0.7%
$69.36
+17.0%
-18.0%$142.16B$191.63B8.90101,300
BP
BP
3.2887 of 5 stars
$29.28
-1.6%
$35.28
+20.5%
-21.6%$79.49B$187.21B366.0565,900Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.7569 of 5 stars
$23.15
-2.0%
$20.85
-9.9%
-16.5%$64.65B$106.80B7.4421,100Analyst Downgrade
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.8161 of 5 stars
$30.43
-0.9%
$63.00
+107.0%
-20.5%$63.74B$44.80B11.829,740Positive News
E
ENI
2.3002 of 5 stars
$30.13
-0.1%
$31.60
+4.9%
-6.7%$50.86B$88.43B18.0432,700
SU
Suncor Energy
4.7452 of 5 stars
$35.32
-0.9%
$59.20
+67.6%
-11.6%$43.55B$54.91B10.2416,600Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
2.9498 of 5 stars
$113.35
-0.6%
$125.33
+10.6%
N/A$26.97B$5.34B69.971,000
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8034 of 5 stars
$13.99
-0.6%
N/A-25.8%$26.56B$13.18B17.064,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.9402 of 5 stars
$13.46
-1.8%
$25.75
+91.3%
-34.1%$24.53B$58.12B11.126,000Gap Up

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