PBR vs. SHEL, TTE, CNQ, EOG, PXD, OXY, E, CVE, FANG, and DVN
Should you be buying Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), and Devon Energy (DVN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and valuation.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 22.46% compared to Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' net margin of 5.83%. Shell's return on equity of 31.07% beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 269 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.65% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shell. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Shell pays out 50.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 26.2% 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. Shell has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Shell had 17 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Shell and 0 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' average media sentiment score of 0.76 beat Shell's score of 0.00 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Shell presently has a consensus price target of $79.50, indicating a potential upside of 14.47%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a consensus price target of $16.33, indicating a potential upside of 12.28%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras.
28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shell has a beta of 0.6, indicating that its share price is 40% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.41, indicating that its share price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Shell beats Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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