BP vs. EQNR, MPC, COP, PSX, VLO, SU, HES, CVX, CNQ, and EOG
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Equinor ASA (EQNR), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), ConocoPhillips (COP), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Chevron (CVX), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), and EOG Resources (EOG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
BP (NYSE:BP) and Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.
BP currently has a consensus target price of $43.72, suggesting a potential upside of 10.73%. Equinor ASA has a consensus target price of $28.25, suggesting a potential upside of 2.02%. Given BP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
In the previous week, Equinor ASA had 9 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Equinor ASA and 17 mentions for BP. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat BP's score of -0.08 indicating that Equinor ASA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
BP pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $0.98 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. BP pays out 33.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinor ASA pays out 25.1% 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.
BP has higher revenue and earnings than Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BP received 984 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.93% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.
BP has a beta of 0.68, suggesting that its share price is 32% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinor ASA has a net margin of 11.09% compared to BP's net margin of 7.15%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 20.32% beat BP's return on equity.
11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by 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.
Summary
BP beats Equinor ASA on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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