PBR vs. EC, GBR, VOC, WDS, SHEL, TTE, CNQ, EOG, PXD, and OXY
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 Ecopetrol (EC), New Concept Energy (GBR), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Shell (SHEL), TotalEnergies (TTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and community ranking.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 3 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ecopetrol and 8 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' average media sentiment score of 0.32 beat Ecopetrol's score of -0.05 indicating that Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.42, suggesting that its stock price is 42% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Ecopetrol has higher revenue and earnings than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ecopetrol, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.4%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 19.5%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 24.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 100.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 22.46% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 14.77%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity of 31.07% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras received 259 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.77% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote while only 53.20% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras presently has a consensus target price of $16.33, suggesting a potential upside of 4.98%. Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $11.27, suggesting a potential downside of 8.40%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Summary
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras beats Ecopetrol on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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