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

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

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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BP.B or BP?

BP received 1638 more outperform votes than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.27% 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 PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Outperform Votes 49 24.87%	Underperform Votes 148 75.13%
BP	Outperform Votes 1687 71.27%	Underperform Votes 680 28.73%

Which has better valuation & earnings, BP.B or 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 PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	£199.76B	0.16	£7.37B	-£71.50	-2.19
BP	£199.76B	0.30	£7.37B	£0.33	1,148.64

Is BP.B or BP a better dividend stock?

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 an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares pays out -12.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out 6,969.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor BP.B or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 16 more articles in the media than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BP and 0 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.18 beat BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' score of 0.00 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Neutral
BP	Neutral

Do analysts rate BP.B or BP?

BP has a consensus price target of GBX 605, suggesting a potential upside of 59.61%. Given BP's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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 PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
BP	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

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

45.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. 8.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BP shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is BP.B or BP more profitable?

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

Summary

BP beats BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.