Which is more profitable, ConocoPhillips or Shell?

ConocoPhillips keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, ConocoPhillips or Shell?

ConocoPhillips grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, ConocoPhillips or Shell?

Shell costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, ConocoPhillips or Shell?

ConocoPhillips would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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ConocoPhillips vs Shell stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

ConocoPhillips is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt. Shell is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	ConocoPhillips	Shell
	$168 billion	$280 billion
	13.6%	6.7%
	+25.7%	−11.2%
	21.1×	15.7×
	0.7 years	0.8 years
	12.8%	11.2%
	2.9%	3.5%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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