BP (BP) Competitors

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

Do insiders and 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 large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SHEL or BP?

Shell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,325, suggesting a potential upside of 41.22%. BP has a consensus target price of GBX 494, suggesting a potential upside of 48.93%. Given BP's higher possible upside, analysts plainly 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	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is SHEL or BP more profitable?

Shell has a net margin of 5.27% compared to BP's net margin of 1.39%. Shell's return on equity of 8.38% beat BP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.27%	8.38%	5.28%
BP	1.39%	3.99%	4.07%

Which has more risk and volatility, SHEL or BP?

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

Is SHEL or BP a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.9%. Shell pays out 52.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out 171.8% 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 MarketBeat Community believe in SHEL or BP?

BP received 1628 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.18% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 32.42% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 59 32.42%	Underperform Votes 123 67.58%
BP	Outperform Votes 1687 71.18%	Underperform Votes 683 28.82%

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 8 mentions for BP and 5 mentions for Shell. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Shell's score of -0.35 indicating that BP is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BP	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, 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	£357.18B	0.50	£18.82B	£200.69	11.73
BP	£233.22B	0.28	£3.23B	£13.39	24.78

Summary

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