PETROLEO BRASIL/S (PBR.A) Competitors

Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and PETROLEO BRASIL/S (NYSE:PBR.A) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts rate SHEL or PBR.A?

Shell presently has a consensus price target of $79.11, indicating a potential upside of 18.67%. Given Shell's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Shell is more favorable than PETROLEO BRASIL/S.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of SHEL or PBR.A?

28.6% of Shell shares are held by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of PETROLEO BRASIL/S shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is SHEL or PBR.A more profitable?

PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. PETROLEO BRASIL/S's return on equity of 29.35% beat Shell's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	16.96%	29.35%	10.79%

Which has more risk and volatility, SHEL or PBR.A?

Shell has a beta of 0.54, indicating that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is SHEL or PBR.A a better dividend stock?

Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Shell pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays out 57.4% 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.

Which has better earnings & valuation, SHEL or PBR.A?

PETROLEO BRASIL/S has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shell. PETROLEO BRASIL/S 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
Shell	$289.03B	0.70	$16.09B	$5.02	13.28
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	$102.41B	0.84	$24.88B	$2.56	5.25

Does the media favor SHEL or PBR.A?

In the previous week, Shell had 27 more articles in the media than PETROLEO BRASIL/S. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Shell and 3 mentions for PETROLEO BRASIL/S. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat PETROLEO BRASIL/S's score of 0.00 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Shell	17 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	10 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer SHEL or PBR.A?

Shell received 141 more outperform votes than PETROLEO BRASIL/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.38% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave PETROLEO BRASIL/S an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Shell	Outperform Votes 304 65.38%	Underperform Votes 161 34.62%
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	Outperform Votes 163 62.93%	Underperform Votes 96 37.07%

Summary

Shell beats PETROLEO BRASIL/S on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.