Cenovus Energy (CVE) Competitors

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

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of PBR or CVE?

51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is PBR or CVE a better dividend stock?

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays an annual dividend of $1.49 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.9%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.51 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras pays out 58.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cenovus Energy pays out 35.2% 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.

Do analysts rate PBR or CVE?

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras presently has a consensus target price of $18.24, indicating a potential upside of 33.11%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus target price of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 99.27%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63
Cenovus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Which has more risk & volatility, PBR or CVE?

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a beta of 1.41, suggesting that its stock price is 41% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.01, suggesting that its stock price is 101% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media favor PBR or CVE?

In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 3 mentions for Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.58 beat Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' score of 0.82 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cenovus Energy	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive

Which has higher earnings & valuation, PBR or CVE?

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has higher revenue and earnings than Cenovus Energy. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cenovus Energy, 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
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras	$102.41B	N/A	$24.88B	$2.56	5.35
Cenovus Energy	$38.67B	0.71	$3.04B	$1.45	10.38

Is PBR or CVE more profitable?

Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 6.72%. Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras' return on equity of 29.35% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras	16.96%	29.35%	10.79%
Cenovus Energy	6.72%	12.88%	6.80%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PBR or CVE?

Cenovus Energy received 83 more outperform votes than Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.30% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote while only 56.91% of users gave Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras	Outperform Votes 564 56.91%	Underperform Votes 427 43.09%
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 647 60.30%	Underperform Votes 426 39.70%

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.