BP (BP) Competitors

Shell (LON:SHEL) and BP (LON:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability and risk.

Do analysts recommend SHEL or BP?

Shell presently has a consensus price target of GBX 3,366.67, indicating a potential upside of 39.49%. BP has a consensus price target of GBX 605, indicating a potential upside of 57.10%. Given BP's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Shell.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
BP	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHEL or BP?

BP received 1630 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.27% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 31.67% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 57 31.67%	Underperform Votes 123 68.33%
BP	Outperform Votes 1687 71.27%	Underperform Votes 680 28.73%

Does the media favor SHEL or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 4 more articles in the media than Shell. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for BP and 12 mentions for Shell. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Shell's score of 0.16 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	2 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is SHEL or BP a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Shell pays out 4,883.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. 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 insiders & institutionals believe in SHEL or BP?

37.3% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has better valuation and earnings, SHEL or BP?

Shell has higher revenue and earnings than BP. Shell 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
Shell	£302.03B	0.49	£18.39B	£2.15	1,122.56
BP	£199.76B	0.31	£7.37B	£0.33	1,166.97

Which has more risk & volatility, SHEL or BP?

Shell has a beta of 0.51, meaning that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.49, meaning that its share price is 51% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SHEL or BP more profitable?

Shell has a net margin of 6.09% compared to BP's net margin of 3.69%. Shell's return on equity of 9.91% beat BP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	6.09%	9.91%	5.28%
BP	3.69%	9.52%	4.07%

Summary

Shell beats BP on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.