CTRA vs. BP, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, CVE, PBA, EC, YPF, and PR
Should you be buying Coterra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coterra Energy include BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Coterra Energy vs.
BP (NYSE:BP) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
BP presently has a consensus price target of $38.76, suggesting a potential upside of 22.96%. Coterra Energy has a consensus price target of $32.76, suggesting a potential upside of 12.46%. Given BP's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe BP is more favorable than Coterra Energy.
BP has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy. Coterra Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
BP has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its stock price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.27, meaning that its stock price is 73% less volatile than the S&P 500.
BP received 1118 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.40% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 49.09% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 21.91% compared to BP's net margin of 1.36%. BP's return on equity of 12.91% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. BP pays out 200.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Coterra Energy pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
In the previous week, BP had 26 more articles in the media than Coterra Energy. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for BP and 11 mentions for Coterra Energy. Coterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.12 beat BP's score of -0.06 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
BP beats Coterra Energy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CTRA) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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