PETROLEO BRASIL/S (PBR.A) Competitors

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

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

PETROLEO BRASIL/S has a beta of 1.42, indicating that its share price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Shell has a beta of 0.47, indicating that its share price is 53% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor PBR.A or SHEL?

Shell received 145 more outperform votes than PETROLEO BRASIL/S when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.67% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 62.93% of users gave PETROLEO BRASIL/S an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	Outperform Votes 163 62.93%	Underperform Votes 96 37.07%
Shell	Outperform Votes 308 65.67%	Underperform Votes 161 34.33%

Do analysts prefer PBR.A or SHEL?

Shell has a consensus target price of $80.10, suggesting a potential upside of 10.12%. Given Shell's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Shell is more favorable than PETROLEO BRASIL/S.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Shell	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Is PBR.A or SHEL 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
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	16.96%	29.35%	10.79%
Shell	5.57%	12.75%	6.01%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, PBR.A or SHEL?

PETROLEO BRASIL/S has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	$102.41B	0.82	$24.88B	$2.56	5.10
Shell	$284.31B	0.77	$16.09B	$5.02	14.49

Is PBR.A or SHEL a better dividend stock?

PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays an annual dividend of $1.47 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.3%. Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. PETROLEO BRASIL/S pays out 57.4% 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.

Does the media favor PBR.A or SHEL?

In the previous week, Shell had 75 more articles in the media than PETROLEO BRASIL/S. MarketBeat recorded 76 mentions for Shell and 1 mentions for PETROLEO BRASIL/S. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.70 beat PETROLEO BRASIL/S's score of 0.00 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
PETROLEO BRASIL/S	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Shell	33 Very Positive mention(s)	7 Positive mention(s)	26 Neutral mention(s)	6 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

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

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

Summary

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