PBR vs. SHEL, TTE, BP, EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, WDS, CVE, and EXE
Should you be buying Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras include Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), BP (BP), Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Chesapeake Energy (EXE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras vs.
Shell (NYSE:SHEL) and Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) 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, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, dividends and community ranking.
Shell presently has a consensus price target of $79.11, suggesting a potential upside of 18.67%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a consensus price target of $18.24, suggesting a potential upside of 23.39%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than Shell.
Shell pays an annual dividend of $2.86 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $1.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.0%. Shell pays out 57.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 57.8% 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.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Shell. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Shell, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Shell has a beta of 0.54, meaning that its stock price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.4, meaning that its stock price is 40% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Shell's net margin of 5.57%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity of 29.35% beat Shell's return on equity.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 260 more outperform votes than Shell when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.38% of users gave Shell an outperform vote while only 56.91% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Shell had 22 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 29 mentions for Shell and 7 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Shell's average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' score of 0.90 indicating that Shell is being referred to more favorably in the media.
28.6% of Shell shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Shell shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Shell beats Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:PBR) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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