La competitividad en la gestión financiera medida a través de la rentabilidad; la empresa petrolera PEMEX y su comparativo con Equinor de Noruega

The present research prepared a diagnosis of the competitiveness of two state oil companies, PEMEX of Mexico and Equinor of Norway, mainly evaluating the influence of the profitability indicator on the competitiveness of both companies. The financial statements were used to measure and substantiate the previous indicator. The quantitative analysis was carried out using an ARIMA econometric model to examine the economic-financial performance of both companies from 2008 to 2019. With the results obtained from the model, we made a comparison and a projection of their behavior for the years 2020, 2021, and 2022; The Box Jenkins methodology was used. The results for PEMEX showed that the company's performance, in terms of its competitiveness measured by the profitability indicator, had an inefficient evolution with a decreasing trend. And for the Equinor company, the results showed that it has high business efficiency, with a stable trend. This research contributes to the generation of knowledge and provides information that could influence decision-makers to carry out business improvements.