Ovintiv (OVV) Competitors

Woodside Energy Group (NYSE:WDS) and Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, dividends, community ranking and institutional ownership.

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WDS or OVV?

3.2% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Woodside Energy Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Ovintiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend WDS or OVV?

Ovintiv has a consensus price target of $56.79, suggesting a potential upside of 29.75%. Given Ovintiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Ovintiv is more favorable than Woodside Energy Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Woodside Energy Group	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.89

Is WDS or OVV more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Woodside Energy Group's net margin of 0.00%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 17.87% beat Woodside Energy Group's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Woodside Energy Group	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ovintiv	20.15%	17.87%	9.35%

Which has more volatility & risk, WDS or OVV?

Woodside Energy Group has a beta of 1.03, meaning that its stock price is 3% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.55, meaning that its stock price is 155% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WDS or OVV a better dividend stock?

Woodside Energy Group pays an annual dividend of $1.02 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.0%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Woodside Energy Group pays out 124.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ovintiv pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer WDS or OVV?

Ovintiv received 165 more outperform votes than Woodside Energy Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 52.96% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 27.78% of users gave Woodside Energy Group an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Woodside Energy Group	Outperform Votes 5 27.78%	Underperform Votes 13 72.22%
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 170 52.96%	Underperform Votes 151 47.04%

Does the media favor WDS or OVV?

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 25 more articles in the media than Woodside Energy Group. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Ovintiv and 5 mentions for Woodside Energy Group. Woodside Energy Group's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Ovintiv's score of 1.19 indicating that Woodside Energy Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Woodside Energy Group	4 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
Ovintiv	14 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has better valuation & earnings, WDS or OVV?

Ovintiv has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Woodside Energy Group. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Woodside Energy Group, 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
Woodside Energy Group	$13.18B	2.10	$1.66B	$0.82	17.76
Ovintiv	$9.15B	1.25	$2.09B	$4.20	10.42

Summary

Ovintiv beats Woodside Energy Group on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.