PEY vs. MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, NVA, and ATH
Should you be buying Peyto Exploration & Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peyto Exploration & Development include MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Athabasca Oil (ATH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, media sentiment, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
Peyto Exploration & Development presently has a consensus price target of C$16.59, indicating a potential upside of 10.31%. MEG Energy has a consensus price target of C$32.67, indicating a potential upside of 15.39%. Given MEG Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
17.5% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Peyto Exploration & Development. Peyto Exploration & Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 171 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 34.53% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 10.58%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 13.20% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 1 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 0 mentions for MEG Energy. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development and MEG Energy tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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