Baker Hughes A GE (BHGE) Competitors

Baker Hughes A GE (NYSE:BHGE) and Baker Hughes (NASDAQ:BKR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in BHGE or BKR?

48.4% of Baker Hughes A GE shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Baker Hughes shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Baker Hughes A GE shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Baker Hughes shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts prefer BHGE or BKR?

Baker Hughes has a consensus target price of $51.06, indicating a potential upside of 22.00%. Given Baker Hughes' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baker Hughes is more favorable than Baker Hughes A GE.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baker Hughes A GE	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Baker Hughes	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	17 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BHGE or BKR?

Baker Hughes A GE received 140 more outperform votes than Baker Hughes when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.51% of users gave Baker Hughes A GE an outperform vote while only 65.67% of users gave Baker Hughes an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baker Hughes A GE	Outperform Votes 293 67.51%	Underperform Votes 141 32.49%
Baker Hughes	Outperform Votes 153 65.67%	Underperform Votes 80 34.33%

Which has more risk and volatility, BHGE or BKR?

Baker Hughes A GE has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baker Hughes has a beta of 1.3, meaning that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is BHGE or BKR a better dividend stock?

Baker Hughes A GE pays an annual dividend of $0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Baker Hughes pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Baker Hughes A GE pays out 109.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baker Hughes pays out 30.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baker Hughes is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BHGE or BKR?

Baker Hughes has higher revenue and earnings than Baker Hughes A GE. Baker Hughes is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Baker Hughes A GE, 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
Baker Hughes A GE	$22.88B	1.90	$195M	$0.66	63.41
Baker Hughes	$27.83B	1.49	$2.98B	$2.98	14.04

Does the media refer more to BHGE or BKR?

In the previous week, Baker Hughes had 29 more articles in the media than Baker Hughes A GE. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Baker Hughes and 0 mentions for Baker Hughes A GE. Baker Hughes' average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Baker Hughes A GE's score of 0.00 indicating that Baker Hughes is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baker Hughes A GE	Neutral
Baker Hughes	Positive

Is BHGE or BKR more profitable?

Baker Hughes has a net margin of 10.70% compared to Baker Hughes A GE's net margin of 0.71%. Baker Hughes' return on equity of 14.58% beat Baker Hughes A GE's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baker Hughes A GE	0.71%	1.07%	0.71%
Baker Hughes	10.70%	14.58%	6.30%

Summary

Baker Hughes beats Baker Hughes A GE on 16 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.