CEG vs. SLB, PXD, EOG, EPD, MPC, PSX, ENB, CNQ, OXY, and E
Should you be buying Constellation Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Constellation Energy include Schlumberger (SLB), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), EOG Resources (EOG), Enterprise Products Partners (EPD), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), and ENI (E). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) and Constellation Energy (NASDAQ:CEG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation and earnings.
Schlumberger presently has a consensus target price of $68.72, indicating a potential upside of 41.43%. Constellation Energy has a consensus target price of $219.33, indicating a potential upside of 2.92%. Given Constellation Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Schlumberger is more favorable than Constellation Energy.
Schlumberger has higher revenue and earnings than Constellation Energy. Schlumberger is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Constellation Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Schlumberger had 11 more articles in the media than Constellation Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Schlumberger and 3 mentions for Constellation Energy. Constellation Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Schlumberger's score of 0.63 indicating that Schlumberger is being referred to more favorably in the media.
82.0% of Schlumberger shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 82.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Schlumberger shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Constellation Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Schlumberger received 1555 more outperform votes than Constellation Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 76.67% of users gave Schlumberger an outperform vote while only 62.27% of users gave Constellation Energy an outperform vote.
Schlumberger has a beta of 1.64, meaning that its stock price is 64% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Constellation Energy has a beta of 0.72, meaning that its stock price is 28% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Schlumberger has a net margin of 12.72% compared to Schlumberger's net margin of 10.25%. Constellation Energy's return on equity of 21.88% beat Schlumberger's return on equity.
Schlumberger pays an annual dividend of $1.10 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Constellation Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Schlumberger pays out 36.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Constellation Energy pays out 18.8% 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. Schlumberger has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Constellation Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Schlumberger is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Schlumberger beats Constellation Energy on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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