CNQ vs. SHEL, TTE, BP, PBR, EQNR, E, SU, WDS, CVE, and EXE
Should you be buying Canadian Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Natural Resources include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), Equinor ASA (EQNR), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Chesapeake Energy (EXE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Canadian Natural Resources vs.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.
Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.07% beat Shell's return on equity.
Shell has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.45, meaning that its share price is 45% more volatile than the S&P 500.
28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Shell pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Canadian Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 23 consecutive years. Canadian Natural Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Shell had 17 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Shell and 13 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Shell's score of 0.95 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Shell presently has a consensus target price of $79.11, suggesting a potential upside of 18.49%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus target price of $62.00, suggesting a potential upside of 107.22%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Shell.
Shell has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Natural Resources. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Natural Resources received 305 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.89% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 65.38% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources beats Shell on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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