PBR vs. SHEL, TTE, BP, EQNR, SU, CVE, PBA, EC, CTRA, and PR
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), Suncor Energy (SU), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, community ranking, valuation and media sentiment.
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 pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Shell pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 25.0% 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. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Shell had 22 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Shell and 7 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Shell's score of 0.41 indicating that Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shell presently has a consensus target price of $85.00, indicating a potential upside of 27.04%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a consensus target price of $17.63, indicating a potential upside of 19.52%. Given Shell's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 270 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.60% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 56.94% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote.
Shell has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 16.17% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.97%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity of 28.42% beat Shell's return on equity.
Summary
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras beats Shell on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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