SHEL vs. BP, TTE, WG, QED, ECHO, WDS, DCC, KOS, HBR, and ENOG
Should you be buying Shell stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Shell include BP (BP), TotalEnergies (TTE), John Wood Group (WG), Quadrise (QED), Echo Energy (ECHO), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), 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 contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends and analyst recommendations.
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.
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 has a net margin of 7.31% compared to Shell's net margin of 6.11%. BP's return on equity of 18.85% beat Shell's return on equity.
In the previous week, BP had 4 more articles in the media than Shell. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for BP and 14 mentions for Shell. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.19 beat BP's score of 0.10 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
36.4% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BP shares are owned by company 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.
Shell has a beta of 0.57, indicating that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,109.78, indicating a potential upside of 5.56%. BP has a consensus target price of GBX 628.57, indicating a potential upside of 24.69%. Given BP's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.
Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 108 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. 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.
Summary
BP beats Shell on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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