PBR vs. EC, GBR, VOC, CSAN, HUSA, MXC, INDO, BRN, USEG, and PVL
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), Cosan (CSAN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), Mexco Energy (MXC), Indonesia Energy (INDO), Barnwell Industries (BRN), U.S. Energy (USEG), and Permianville Royalty Trust (PVL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras (NYSE:PBR) and Ecopetrol (NYSE:EC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 24.30% compared to Ecopetrol's net margin of 14.58%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity of 34.44% beat Ecopetrol's return on equity.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras presently has a consensus target price of $16.76, indicating a potential upside of 10.21%. Ecopetrol has a consensus target price of $11.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.09%. Given Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is more favorable than Ecopetrol.
Ecopetrol has lower revenue, but higher 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.
In the previous week, Ecopetrol had 8 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ecopetrol and 5 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Ecopetrol's score of 0.27 indicating that Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $0.38 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Ecopetrol pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 20.9%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 9.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ecopetrol pays out 106.4% 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 received 259 more outperform votes than Ecopetrol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.82% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote while only 53.39% of users gave Ecopetrol an outperform vote.
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ecopetrol has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras beats Ecopetrol on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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