EC vs. CNQ, E, SU, CVE, PBA, CTRA, YPF, PR, AR, and OVV
Should you be buying Ecopetrol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecopetrol include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Permian Resources (PR), Antero Resources (AR), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Ecopetrol vs.
Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation and dividends.
Ecopetrol has a consensus price target of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 0.65%. Given Ecopetrol's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ecopetrol is more favorable than Canadian Natural Resources.
Canadian Natural Resources received 306 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 52.98% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.59 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 16.6%. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 61.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 67.0% 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 a beta of 1.46, suggesting that its stock price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 18.45% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 12.92%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.07% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 15 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 9 mentions for Ecopetrol. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.13 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.43 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Natural Resources. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources beats Ecopetrol on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EC) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
