Shell (SHEL) Competitors

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

Is SHEL or BP a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of GBX 105 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BP pays an annual dividend of GBX 23 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. 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 analysts rate SHEL or BP?

Shell presently has a consensus target price of GBX 3,366.67, suggesting a potential upside of 28.65%. BP has a consensus target price of GBX 605, suggesting a potential upside of 46.12%. 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	2 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38

Which has more volatility & risk, 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.

Does the media prefer SHEL or BP?

In the previous week, Shell had 1 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Shell and 8 mentions for BP. BP's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Shell's score of 0.19 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)	2 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
BP	1 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable 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	0.54	£18.39B	£2.15	1,217.21
BP	£199.76B	0.33	£7.37B	£0.33	1,254.70

Do institutionals & insiders 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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 favor 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%

Summary

Shell beats BP on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.