Liberty Energy (LBRT) Competitors

Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.

Do analysts recommend OVV or LBRT?

Ovintiv presently has a consensus target price of $56.88, indicating a potential upside of 31.29%. Liberty Energy has a consensus target price of $22.30, indicating a potential upside of 24.89%. Given Ovintiv's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Ovintiv is more favorable than Liberty Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Liberty Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.85

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of OVV or LBRT?

83.8% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ovintiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 3.6% of Liberty Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, OVV or LBRT?

Ovintiv has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.63, suggesting that its share price is 63% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OVV or LBRT?

Liberty Energy received 188 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.72% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 52.85% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 167 52.85%	Underperform Votes 149 47.15%
Liberty Energy	Outperform Votes 355 62.72%	Underperform Votes 211 37.28%

Does the media favor OVV or LBRT?

In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Liberty Energy and 5 mentions for Ovintiv. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 1.40 beat Liberty Energy's score of 0.93 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ovintiv	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Liberty Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OVV or LBRT more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 7.32%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 17.87% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ovintiv	20.15%	17.87%	9.35%
Liberty Energy	7.32%	14.28%	8.60%

Is OVV or LBRT a better dividend stock?

Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Ovintiv pays out 15.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Liberty Energy pays out 17.1% 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. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has preferable earnings & valuation, OVV or LBRT?

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Energy. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty 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
Ovintiv	$10.88B	1.04	$2.09B	$7.54	5.75
Liberty Energy	$4.32B	0.67	$316.01M	$1.87	9.55

Summary

Ovintiv beats Liberty Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.