EC vs. EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, WDS, CVE, EXE, PBA, CTRA, and YPF
Should you be buying Ecopetrol stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ecopetrol include Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Ecopetrol vs.
Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) and Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) 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 profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk and community ranking.
Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.4%. Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Ecopetrol pays out 67.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinor ASA pays out 37.6% 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.
Ecopetrol has a net margin of 12.92% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 8.49%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 20.33% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.2, suggesting that its stock price is 20% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.83, suggesting that its stock price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol presently has a consensus price target of $10.38, suggesting a potential downside of 0.48%. Equinor ASA has a consensus price target of $29.45, suggesting a potential upside of 26.86%. Given Equinor ASA's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Equinor ASA is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Ecopetrol received 77 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.51% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote while only 52.97% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ecopetrol has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equinor ASA. Ecopetrol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equinor ASA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 3 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Ecopetrol and 15 mentions for Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.50 indicating that Equinor ASA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Equinor ASA beats Ecopetrol on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EC) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
