ARX vs. TOU, OVV, MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, and BTE
Should you be buying ARC Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARC Resources include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
Tourmaline Oil has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ARC Resources. ARC Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tourmaline Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tourmaline Oil received 200 more outperform votes than ARC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote.
ARC Resources has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ARC Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$29.85, suggesting a potential upside of 19.19%. Tourmaline Oil has a consensus price target of C$78.38, suggesting a potential upside of 17.66%. Given ARC Resources' higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Tourmaline Oil.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to ARC Resources' net margin of 22.74%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 16.66% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.
In the previous week, ARC Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Tourmaline Oil. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ARC Resources and 2 mentions for Tourmaline Oil. Tourmaline Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat ARC Resources' score of 0.22 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
36.6% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ARC Resources pays out 34.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tourmaline Oil pays out 25.7% 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.
Summary
Tourmaline Oil beats ARC Resources on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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