BP vs. SHEL, WDS, TTE, WG, QED, ECHO, DCC, KOS, HBR, and ENOG
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Shell (SHEL), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), TotalEnergies (TTE), John Wood Group (WG), Quadrise (QED), Echo Energy (ECHO), DCC (DCC), Kosmos Energy (KOS), Harbour Energy (HBR), and Energean (ENOG). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Shell (LON:SHEL) and BP (LON:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
In the previous week, Shell had 18 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Shell and 8 mentions for BP. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Shell's score of 0.08 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.4% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.3% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BP shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 108 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Shell pays out 4,778.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BP pays out 3,235.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
BP has a net margin of 7.31% compared to BP's net margin of 6.11%. Shell's return on equity of 18.85% beat BP's return on equity.
Shell has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its share price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.55, meaning that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shell presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,109.78, indicating a potential upside of 8.43%. BP has a consensus price target of GBX 626.25, indicating a potential upside of 21.41%. Given Shell's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.
Shell has higher revenue and earnings than BP. BP is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BP received 1633 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.43% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 28.90% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.
Summary
Shell and BP tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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