OVV vs. TOU, ARX, MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, and BTE
Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), ARC Resources (ARX), 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.
Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) and Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Ovintiv has a beta of 2.67, meaning that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 7 more articles in the media than Tourmaline Oil. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ovintiv and 6 mentions for Tourmaline Oil. Tourmaline Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.74 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ovintiv presently has a consensus target price of C$58.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.90%. Tourmaline Oil has a consensus target price of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Given Tourmaline Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Tourmaline Oil received 785 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 18.52%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 21.33% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Tourmaline Oil. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tourmaline Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
81.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ovintiv pays out 16.7% 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. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Tourmaline Oil beats Ovintiv on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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