BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares (BP.B) Competitors

BP (LON:BP) and BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares (LON:BP.B) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of BP or BP.B?

41.6% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 45.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of BP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor BP or BP.B?

In the previous week, BP had 14 more articles in the media than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for BP and 1 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat BP's score of 0.28 indicating that BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, BP or BP.B?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has lower revenue, but higher earnings than BP. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BP	£233.22B	0.37	£3.23B	£13.39	33.43
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	£199.76B	0.15	£7.37B	-£71.50	-2.15

Which has more risk and volatility, BP or BP.B?

BP has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its stock price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BP or BP.B a better dividend stock?

BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares pays an annual dividend of GBX 9 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. BP pays out 171.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares pays out -12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is BP or BP.B more profitable?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has a net margin of 3.69% compared to BP's net margin of 1.39%. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' return on equity of 9.52% beat BP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BP	1.39%	3.99%	4.07%
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	3.69%	9.52%	4.07%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BP or BP.B?

BP received 1638 more outperform votes than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 24.87% of users gave BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BP	Outperform Votes 1687 71.18%	Underperform Votes 683 28.82%
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Outperform Votes 49 24.87%	Underperform Votes 148 75.13%

Do analysts rate BP or BP.B?

BP currently has a consensus price target of GBX 578.33, suggesting a potential upside of 29.24%. Given BP's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BP	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.57
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Summary

BP beats BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.