BP (BP) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of SHEL or BP?

37.3% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.6% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Shell 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, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, SHEL or BP?

Shell has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its share price is 49% 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.

Do analysts rate SHEL or BP?

Shell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,350, indicating a potential upside of 22.98%. BP has a consensus target price of GBX 595, indicating a potential upside of 38.76%. 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 media refer more to SHEL or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 3 more articles in the media than Shell. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for BP and 14 mentions for Shell. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.28 beat Shell's score of 0.18 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	1 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

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	0.56	£18.39B	£2.15	1,266.96
BP	£199.76B	0.34	£7.37B	£0.33	1,299.39

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%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHEL or BP?

BP received 1629 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.24% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 32.04% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 58 32.04%	Underperform Votes 123 67.96%
BP	Outperform Votes 1687 71.24%	Underperform Votes 681 28.76%

Is SHEL or BP a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. 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.

Summary

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