BP (BP) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & 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	$284.31B	0.76	$16.09B	$5.02	14.21
BP	$189.19B	0.48	$381M	$0.08	426.90

Which has more volatility & risk, SHEL or BP?

Shell has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.58, suggesting that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SHEL or BP a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Shell pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out 2,375.0% 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 have more ownership in SHEL or BP?

28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of BP shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of BP shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media prefer SHEL or BP?

In the previous week, Shell had 35 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 69 mentions for Shell and 34 mentions for BP. Shell's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat BP's score of 0.45 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	40 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	21 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BP	13 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts rate SHEL or BP?

Shell presently has a consensus price target of $79.48, suggesting a potential upside of 11.42%. BP has a consensus price target of $37.48, suggesting a potential upside of 9.73%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than BP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.15
BP	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Is SHEL or BP more profitable?

Shell has a net margin of 5.57% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. Shell's return on equity of 12.75% beat BP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHEL or BP?

BP received 893 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 65.52% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 306 65.52%	Underperform Votes 161 34.48%
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 67.13%	Underperform Votes 587 32.87%

Summary

Shell beats BP on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.