BHGE vs. BKR, FTI, WFRD, HAL, FANG, LNG, DVN, CVE, TRP, and MPLX
Should you be buying Baker Hughes A GE stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baker Hughes A GE include Baker Hughes (BKR), TechnipFMC (FTI), Weatherford International (WFRD), Halliburton (HAL), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Cheniere Energy (LNG), Devon Energy (DVN), Cenovus Energy (CVE), TC Energy (TRP), and Mplx (MPLX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) and Baker Hughes A GE (NYSE:BHGE) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.
Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Baker Hughes A GE pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Baker Hughes pays out 46.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baker Hughes A GE pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baker Hughes has raised its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Baker Hughes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Baker Hughes presently has a consensus price target of $40.94, suggesting a potential upside of 22.35%. Given Baker Hughes A GE's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Baker Hughes is more favorable than Baker Hughes A GE.
92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 48.4% of Baker Hughes A GE shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Baker Hughes A GE shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 10 more articles in the media than Baker Hughes A GE. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Baker Hughes and 0 mentions for Baker Hughes A GE. Baker Hughes A GE's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Baker Hughes' score of 0.00 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.44, suggesting that its share price is 44% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baker Hughes A GE has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than Baker Hughes A GE. Baker Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baker Hughes A GE, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Baker Hughes A GE received 182 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.51% of users gave Baker Hughes A GE an outperform vote while only 59.36% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote.
Baker Hughes has a net margin of 6.95% compared to Baker Hughes' net margin of 0.71%. Baker Hughes A GE's return on equity of 11.42% beat Baker Hughes' return on equity.
Summary
Baker Hughes beats Baker Hughes A GE on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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