BP vs. EQNR, COP, MPC, PSX, VLO, SU, HES, CVX, CNQ, and ENB
Should you be buying BP stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BP include Equinor ASA (EQNR), ConocoPhillips (COP), Marathon Petroleum (MPC), Phillips 66 (PSX), Valero Energy (VLO), Suncor Energy (SU), Hess (HES), Chevron (CVX), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), and Enbridge (ENB). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and BP (NYSE:BP) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
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.
In the previous week, Equinor ASA had 3 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Equinor ASA and 14 mentions for BP. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Equinor ASA's score of 0.23 indicating that Equinor ASA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.15 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Equinor ASA pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out 53.9% 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. Equinor ASA has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years and BP has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Equinor ASA has a net margin of 9.30% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 4.51%. BP's return on equity of 19.67% beat Equinor ASA's return on equity.
Equinor ASA currently has a consensus price target of $28.25, indicating a potential downside of 0.91%. BP has a consensus price target of $43.88, indicating a potential upside of 17.05%. Given Equinor ASA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe BP is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
BP received 985 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.95% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 55.31% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.
5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.67, meaning that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
BP beats Equinor ASA on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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