CCO vs. PPL, TOU, OVV, ARX, ALA, IMO, MEG, KEY, CVE, and TRP
Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), AltaGas (ALA), Imperial Oil (IMO), MEG Energy (MEG), Keyera (KEY), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and TC Energy (TRP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Cameco (TSE:CCO) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, earnings and risk.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 20.39% compared to Cameco's net margin of 9.27%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.65% beat Cameco's return on equity.
Cameco presently has a consensus price target of C$75.44, indicating a potential upside of 4.48%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus price target of C$54.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.36%. Given Pembina Pipeline's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Cameco.
In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 23 more articles in the media than Cameco. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 3 mentions for Cameco. Pembina Pipeline's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Cameco's score of 0.51 indicating that Pembina Pipeline is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cameco has a beta of 0.93, indicating that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, indicating that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cameco received 66 more outperform votes than Pembina Pipeline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.03% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 62.15% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
72.4% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.2% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cameco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Cameco pays out 22.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 88.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats Cameco on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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