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

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

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WTI or BP.B?

LS WTI Oil ETC received 96 more outperform votes than BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.02% of users gave LS WTI Oil ETC an outperform vote while only 24.87% of users gave BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
LS WTI Oil ETC	Outperform Votes 145 65.02%	Underperform Votes 78 34.98%
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	Outperform Votes 49 24.87%	Underperform Votes 148 75.13%

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, WTI or BP.B?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has higher revenue and earnings than LS WTI Oil ETC.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
LS WTI Oil ETC	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	£208.35B	0.15	£15.24B	-£71.50	-2.12

Do analysts prefer WTI or BP.B?

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
LS WTI Oil ETC	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A
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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in WTI or BP.B?

44.3% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are owned by institutional investors. 8.4% of BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is WTI or BP.B more profitable?

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares has a net margin of 7.31% compared to BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' net margin of 0.00%. LS WTI Oil ETC's return on equity of 18.85% beat BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
LS WTI Oil ETC	N/A	N/A	N/A
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	7.31%	18.85%	5.82%

Does the media refer more to WTI or BP.B?

In the previous week, BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares had 1 more articles in the media than LS WTI Oil ETC. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares and 1 mentions for LS WTI Oil ETC. BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat LS WTI Oil ETC's score of 0.37 indicating that LS WTI Oil ETC is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
LS WTI Oil ETC	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

BP PLC 9 Percent Preferred Shares beats LS WTI Oil ETC on 7 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.