EQNR vs. SHEL, TTE, PBR, BP, CNQ, SU, E, CVE, PBA, and CTRA
Should you be buying Equinor ASA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Equinor ASA include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (PBR), BP (BP), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Suncor Energy (SU), ENI (E), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), and Coterra Energy (CTRA). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Equinor ASA vs.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and community ranking.
Shell has higher revenue and earnings than Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shell currently has a consensus target price of $79.69, indicating a potential upside of 19.41%. Equinor ASA has a consensus target price of $29.45, indicating a potential upside of 18.09%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than Equinor ASA.
Shell received 87 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.30% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 56.54% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.
Shell has a beta of 0.55, indicating that its share price is 45% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.84, indicating that its share price is 16% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.75 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Shell pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinor ASA pays out 35.9% 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. Equinor ASA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Shell had 24 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 38 mentions for Shell and 14 mentions for Equinor ASA. Equinor ASA's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Shell's score of 0.64 indicating that Equinor ASA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Equinor ASA has a net margin of 8.95% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.17%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 19.97% beat Shell's return on equity.
28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Shell beats Equinor ASA on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:EQNR) was last updated on 1/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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