Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Competitors

Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership and dividends.

Which has more volatility & risk, SHEL or CNQ?

Shell has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its stock price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.46, indicating that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, SHEL or CNQ?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Shell	$323.18B	0.64	$19.36B	$4.86	13.73
Canadian Natural Resources	$30.25B	2.16	$6.10B	$2.57	12.08

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHEL or CNQ?

Canadian Natural Resources received 305 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 65.30% of users gave Shell an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 303 65.30%	Underperform Votes 161 34.70%
Canadian Natural Resources	Outperform Votes 608 68.93%	Underperform Votes 274 31.07%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SHEL or CNQ?

28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate SHEL or CNQ?

Shell currently has a consensus price target of $79.69, suggesting a potential upside of 19.41%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than Canadian Natural Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Canadian Natural Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00

Is SHEL or CNQ a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. Shell pays out 56.6% 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.

Is SHEL or CNQ more profitable?

Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.17%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.07% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.17%	14.54%	6.86%
Canadian Natural Resources	18.45%	20.07%	10.51%

Does the media favor SHEL or CNQ?

In the previous week, Shell had 13 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Shell and 25 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Shell's score of 0.64 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	24 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Natural Resources	13 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Shell on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.