PEY vs. ATH, NVA, VET, PXT, IPCO, BTE, FRU, HWX, AAV, and BIR
Should you be buying Peyto Exploration & Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peyto Exploration & Development include Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Birchcliff Energy (BIR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, valuation, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 7 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Peyto Exploration & Development's score of -0.40 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.0% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.8% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned 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.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 30.95% compared to Peyto Exploration & Development's net margin of 3.63%. Athabasca Oil's return on equity of 12.25% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.
Peyto Exploration & Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Athabasca Oil. Peyto Exploration & Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Athabasca Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$6.14, suggesting a potential upside of 25.11%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus target price of C$16.59, suggesting a potential upside of 4.21%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.85, indicating that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 184 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Athabasca Oil on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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