BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares (BP.B) Competitors

LS WTI Oil ETC (LON:WTI) and BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares (LON:BP.B) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, profitability and dividends.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WTI or BP.B?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has higher revenue and earnings than LS WTI Oil ETC.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LS WTI Oil ETC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	£208.35B	0.14	£15.24B	-£71.50	-2.10

Does the media favor WTI or BP.B?

In the previous week, BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares had 5 more articles in the media than LS WTI Oil ETC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares and 0 mentions for LS WTI Oil ETC. LS WTI Oil ETC's average media sentiment score of 0.26 beat BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' score of 0.00 indicating that BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
LS WTI Oil ETC	Neutral
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Neutral

Is WTI or BP.B more profitable?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has a net margin of 7.31% compared to BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' net margin of 0.00%. LS WTI Oil ETC's return on equity of 18.85% beat BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LS WTI Oil ETC	N/A	N/A	N/A
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	7.31%	18.85%	5.82%

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in WTI or BP.B?

LS WTI Oil ETC received 96 more outperform votes than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave LS WTI Oil ETC an outperform vote while only 24.87% of users gave BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LS WTI Oil ETC	Outperform Votes 145 65.02%	Underperform Votes 78 34.98%
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Outperform Votes 49 24.87%	Underperform Votes 148 75.13%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in WTI or BP.B?

44.3% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend WTI or BP.B?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LS WTI Oil ETC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Summary

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares beats LS WTI Oil ETC on 8 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.