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 superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BP.B or BP?

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

Does the media prefer BP.B or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 1 more articles in the media than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for BP and 9 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' score of 0.10 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BP.B or BP?

BP received 1637 more outperform votes than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.29% 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 1686 71.29%	Underperform Votes 679 28.71%

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%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	0.15	£7.37B	-£71.50	-2.15
BP	£199.76B	0.30	£7.37B	£0.33	1,146.06

Which has more volatility & 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.

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.

Do analysts recommend BP.B or BP?

BP has a consensus target price of GBX 632, indicating a potential upside of 67.11%. Given BP's 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)	N/A
BP	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.29

Summary

BP beats BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares on 10 of the 13 factors compared between the two stocks.