Cenovus Energy (CVE) Competitors

Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and BP (NYSE:BP) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Is CVE or BP a better dividend stock?

Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Cenovus Energy pays out 40.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. BP pays out 2,375.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in CVE or BP?

51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media favor CVE or BP?

In the previous week, BP had 23 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for BP and 7 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.51 beat BP's score of 0.45 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cenovus Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
BP	10 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, CVE or BP?

Cenovus Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than BP. Cenovus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than BP, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Cenovus Energy	$57.73B	0.45	$3.04B	$1.21	11.88
BP	$189.19B	0.49	$381M	$0.08	428.63

Do analysts prefer CVE or BP?

Cenovus Energy currently has a consensus price target of $29.25, suggesting a potential upside of 103.55%. BP has a consensus price target of $37.48, suggesting a potential upside of 9.29%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than BP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cenovus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
BP	1 Sell rating(s)	14 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43

Which has more risk and volatility, CVE or BP?

Cenovus Energy has a beta of 1.99, indicating that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.58, indicating that its share price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVE or BP more profitable?

Cenovus Energy has a net margin of 5.82% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. BP's return on equity of 10.96% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cenovus Energy	5.82%	10.73%	5.69%
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVE or BP?

BP received 550 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.13% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 60.32% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 649 60.32%	Underperform Votes 427 39.68%
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 67.13%	Underperform Votes 587 32.87%

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats BP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.