PBR.A vs. EC, GBR, PBR, VOC, WDS, BAK, CSAN, HUSA, MXC, and BRN
Should you be buying PETROLEO BRASIL/S stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PETROLEO BRASIL/S include Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Braskem (BAK), Cosan (CSAN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Mexco Energy (MXC), and Barnwell Industries (BRN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and PETROLEO BRASIL/S (NYSE:PBR.A) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and analyst recommendations.
PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a net margin of 22.46% compared to PETROLEO BRASIL/S's net margin of 14.77%. Ecopetrol's return on equity of 31.07% beat PETROLEO BRASIL/S's return on equity.
Ecopetrol received 137 more outperform votes than PETROLEO BRASIL/S when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.79% of users gave PETROLEO BRASIL/S an outperform vote while only 53.30% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Ecopetrol has higher earnings, but lower revenue than PETROLEO BRASIL/S. PETROLEO BRASIL/S is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecopetrol, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.1%. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays an annual dividend of $0.83 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Ecopetrol pays out 92.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 2 more articles in the media than PETROLEO BRASIL/S. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Ecopetrol and 1 mentions for PETROLEO BRASIL/S. PETROLEO BRASIL/S's average media sentiment score of 0.10 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.00 indicating that Ecopetrol is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecopetrol currently has a consensus target price of $11.27, suggesting a potential downside of 7.19%. Given PETROLEO BRASIL/S's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than PETROLEO BRASIL/S.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
PETROLEO BRASIL/S beats Ecopetrol on 8 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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