SLB vs. CNQ, EOG, ENB, EPD, E, MPC, PXD, OXY, EQNR, and PBR
Should you be buying Schlumberger stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Schlumberger include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Enbridge (ENB), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), ENI (E), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Equinor ASA (EQNR), and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR).
Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) and Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability and media sentiment.
Canadian Natural Resources presently has a consensus target price of $83.20, indicating a potential upside of 32.95%. Schlumberger has a consensus target price of $70.36, indicating a potential upside of 43.18%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Canadian Natural Resources.
Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Schlumberger. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Schlumberger, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Schlumberger had 2 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Schlumberger and 10 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Schlumberger's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Canadian Natural Resources' score of 0.75 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 17.32% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 12.98%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 21.80% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.
Schlumberger received 1065 more outperform votes than Canadian Natural Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.50% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote while only 69.46% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote.
Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $2.95 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 61.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Schlumberger pays out 34.6% 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. Schlumberger has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schlumberger has a beta of 1.68, indicating that its share price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
73.9% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.4% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Schlumberger shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Schlumberger beats Canadian Natural Resources on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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