SU vs. CVE, IMO, CONA, TUSK, ENB, CNQ, TRP, CCO, PPL, and TOU
Should you be buying Suncor Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suncor Energy include Cenovus Energy (CVE), Imperial Oil (IMO), Cona Resources (CONA), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Enbridge (ENB), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), TC Energy (TRP), Cameco (CCO), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), and Tourmaline Oil (TOU).
Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) and Suncor Energy (TSE:SU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability and analyst recommendations.
Suncor Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cenovus Energy. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cenovus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cenovus Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$33.50, indicating a potential upside of 28.75%. Suncor Energy has a consensus price target of C$61.61, indicating a potential upside of 17.91%. Given Suncor Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Suncor Energy.
55.3% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 72.9% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 31.5% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Suncor Energy received 37 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.20% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 58.90% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.
Suncor Energy has a net margin of 15.85% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 8.72%. Cenovus Energy's return on equity of 18.64% beat Suncor Energy's return on equity.
Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Cenovus Energy pays out 29.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suncor Energy pays out 35.9% 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.
In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 5 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 2 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.33 beat Cenovus Energy's score of 0.97 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.77, suggesting that its stock price is 177% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Cenovus Energy beats Suncor Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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