Equinor ASA (EQNR) Competitors

Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) and Shell (NYSE:SHEL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking and media sentiment.

Is EQNR or SHEL more profitable?

Equinor ASA has a net margin of 8.49% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 20.33% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Equinor ASA	8.49%	20.33%	6.83%
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor EQNR or SHEL?

Shell received 79 more outperform votes than Equinor ASA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.52% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 57.61% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Equinor ASA	Outperform Votes 227 57.61%	Underperform Votes 167 42.39%
Shell	Outperform Votes 306 65.52%	Underperform Votes 161 34.48%

Which has better earnings & valuation, EQNR or SHEL?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Equinor ASA	$102.50B	0.70	$8.81B	$3.11	8.22
Shell	$284.31B	0.77	$16.09B	$5.02	14.34

Do analysts prefer EQNR or SHEL?

Equinor ASA currently has a consensus price target of $28.10, indicating a potential upside of 9.92%. Shell has a consensus price target of $79.48, indicating a potential upside of 10.43%. Given Shell's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than Equinor ASA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Equinor ASA	1 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.15

Does the media favor EQNR or SHEL?

In the previous week, Shell had 59 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 72 mentions for Shell and 13 mentions for Equinor ASA. Shell's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Equinor ASA's score of 0.23 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Equinor ASA	3 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	6 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Shell	37 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	25 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, EQNR or SHEL?

Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.47, suggesting that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is EQNR or SHEL a better dividend stock?

Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Equinor ASA pays out 37.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Shell pays out 57.0% 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. Equinor ASA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of EQNR or SHEL?

5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Shell beats Equinor ASA on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.