Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) Vs. TTE, PTR, CNQ, EOG, E, PXD, OXY, DVN, EC, 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 TotalEnergies (TTE), PetroChina (PTR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), ENI (E), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Devon Energy (DVN), Ecopetrol (EC), and Cenovus Energy (CVE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras vs.
PetroChina (NYSE:PTR) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
PetroChina has higher revenue and earnings than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PetroChina, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, PetroChina had 5 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for PetroChina and 5 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. PetroChina's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' score of -0.22 indicating that PetroChina is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PetroChina presently has a consensus target price of $36.18, indicating a potential downside of 27.13%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a consensus target price of $12.69, indicating a potential upside of 0.15%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than PetroChina.
0.2% of PetroChina shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.8% of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras shares are owned by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 34.87% compared to PetroChina's net margin of 3.53%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity of 25.88% beat PetroChina's return on equity.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 253 more outperform votes than PetroChina when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.65% of users gave PetroChina an outperform vote while only 56.71% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote.
PetroChina pays an annual dividend of $3.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. PetroChina pays out 50.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 19.3% 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. PetroChina has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. PetroChina is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
PetroChina has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its share price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras beats PetroChina on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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.
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.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) vs. Its Competitors
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras Competitors List
