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.
Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
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.
Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 18.6%. Equinor ASA pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 91.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
In the previous week, Equinor ASA had 9 more articles in the media than Ecopetrol. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Equinor ASA and 4 mentions for Ecopetrol. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.39 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.06 indicating that Equinor ASA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ecopetrol received 77 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.61% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote while only 52.96% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.79, meaning that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.22, meaning that its share price is 22% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinor ASA presently has a consensus price target of $28.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.68%. Ecopetrol has a consensus price target of $11.00, indicating a potential upside of 6.69%. Given Equinor ASA's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Equinor ASA is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
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, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings 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.
Summary
Equinor ASA beats Ecopetrol on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EC) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
