Cenovus Energy (CVE) Competitors

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CVE or BP?

BP received 551 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.25% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 648 60.28%	Underperform Votes 427 39.72%
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 67.25%	Underperform Votes 584 32.75%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of 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, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate CVE or BP?

Cenovus Energy presently has a consensus target price of $29.25, suggesting a potential upside of 100.27%. BP has a consensus target price of $39.64, suggesting a potential upside of 17.05%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
BP	1 Sell rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	4 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.52

Is CVE or BP more profitable?

Cenovus Energy has a net margin of 6.72% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. Cenovus Energy's return on equity of 12.88% beat BP's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cenovus Energy	6.72%	12.88%	6.80%
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%

Does the media prefer CVE or BP?

In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 3 more articles in the media than BP. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 20 mentions for BP. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat BP's score of 0.51 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	12 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
BP	4 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	9 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has more volatility and risk, CVE or BP?

Cenovus Energy has a beta of 1.99, meaning that its share price is 99% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, BP has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is CVE or BP a better dividend stock?

Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.50 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 5.6%. Cenovus Energy pays out 34.5% 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.

Which has preferable earnings & 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	$58.94B	0.45	$3.04B	$1.45	10.07
BP	$189.19B	0.48	$381M	$0.08	423.31

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats BP on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.