CTRA vs. EQNR, CNQ, E, SU, WDS, CVE, EXE, EC, PBA, and YPF
Should you be buying Coterra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coterra Energy include Equinor ASA (EQNR), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Ecopetrol (EC), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), and YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Coterra Energy vs.
Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) and Equinor ASA (NYSE:EQNR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings and dividends.
87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.5% of Equinor ASA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Equinor ASA shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.26, indicating that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equinor ASA has a beta of 0.83, indicating that its share price is 17% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Equinor ASA received 140 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.51% of users gave Equinor ASA an outperform vote while only 50.29% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Equinor ASA. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Coterra Energy and 14 mentions for Equinor ASA. Coterra Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.49 beat Equinor ASA's score of 0.51 indicating that Coterra Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Equinor ASA pays an annual dividend of $1.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Coterra Energy pays out 50.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Equinor ASA pays out 37.6% 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. Equinor ASA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Coterra Energy currently has a consensus target price of $33.42, suggesting a potential upside of 17.95%. Equinor ASA has a consensus target price of $29.45, suggesting a potential upside of 26.75%. Given Equinor ASA's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Equinor ASA is more favorable than Coterra Energy.
Equinor ASA has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy. Equinor ASA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 21.91% compared to Equinor ASA's net margin of 8.49%. Equinor ASA's return on equity of 20.33% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Equinor ASA beats Coterra Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CTRA) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
