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Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras (PBR) Competitors

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PBR vs. SHEL, TTE, BP, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, WDS, EXE, and CVE

Should you be buying Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Expand Energy (EXE), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras vs. Its Competitors

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

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Shell pays out 65.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras pays out 73.9% 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.

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 hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Shell had 31 more articles in the media than Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Shell and 6 mentions for Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras' average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Shell's score of 0.23 indicating that Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shell
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
18 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
4 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Shell currently has a consensus price target of $78.54, indicating a potential upside of 8.60%. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a consensus price target of $17.40, indicating a potential upside of 35.73%. Given Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Petroleo 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)
2 Hold rating(s)
10 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

Shell has a beta of 0.4, indicating that its share price is 60% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Shell has higher revenue and earnings than Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras. Petroleo 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$289.03B0.74$16.09B$4.3416.66
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras$91.42B0.90$7.53B$1.349.57

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras has a net margin of 9.83% compared to Shell's net margin of 4.75%. Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras' return on equity of 23.98% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shell4.75% 11.71% 5.51%
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras 9.83%23.98%8.37%

Summary

Shell beats Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PBR and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PBR vs. The Competition

MetricPetroleo Brasileiro S.A.- PetrobrasOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$82.62B$71.81B$7.79B$20.65B
Dividend Yield7.73%5.94%10.93%3.72%
P/E Ratio9.5799.2564.2727.84
Price / Sales0.901.7421,159.3342.37
Price / Cash2.594.8536.3522.32
Price / Book1.391.103.764.57
Net Income$7.53B$5.03B$4.23B$989.30M
7 Day Performance-1.80%0.60%0.78%0.20%
1 Month Performance0.83%0.52%1.05%5.53%
1 Year Performance-15.04%-7.25%9.12%10.30%

Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PBR
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.- Petrobras
4.785 of 5 stars
$12.82
-0.1%
$17.40
+35.7%
-15.0%$82.62B$91.42B9.5749,185
SHEL
Shell
2.2597 of 5 stars
$69.60
-3.2%
$78.54
+12.9%
-1.0%$206.93B$289.03B16.0498,000
TTE
TotalEnergies
3.6405 of 5 stars
$60.50
-3.5%
$69.96
+15.6%
-9.1%$145.05B$191.63B10.18102,887Positive News
BP
BP
2.7171 of 5 stars
$30.23
-2.3%
$34.72
+14.9%
-7.2%$81.23B$187.21B-65.71100,500Trending News
Analyst Forecast
EQNR
Equinor ASA
2.4225 of 5 stars
$25.46
-0.9%
$22.71
-10.8%
-0.3%$71.12B$103.77B8.0624,641
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.8031 of 5 stars
$31.80
-1.3%
$63.00
+98.1%
-11.1%$66.51B$30.30B12.4710,640Positive News
E
ENI
1.9689 of 5 stars
$32.50
-0.9%
$31.60
-2.8%
+7.7%$54.85B$98.71B19.4632,492Trending News
Analyst Forecast
SU
Suncor Energy
4.8112 of 5 stars
$37.78
-1.5%
$64.67
+71.2%
+4.8%$46.19B$37.32B10.8915,010Positive News
Options Volume
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8077 of 5 stars
$15.55
-1.5%
N/A-20.6%$29.52B$13.18B18.964,667Positive News
EXE
Expand Energy
4.0446 of 5 stars
$108.42
-0.3%
$129.25
+19.2%
N/A$25.80B$5.34B-20.231,700Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.854 of 5 stars
$14.06
-0.7%
$25.75
+83.2%
-26.2%$25.43B$39.62B13.147,150Positive News

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