Permian Resources (PR) Competitors

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

Do analysts prefer PR or CVE?

Permian Resources currently has a consensus target price of $19.50, indicating a potential upside of 44.34%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus target price of $30.67, indicating a potential upside of 84.29%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Permian Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Permian Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.93
Cenovus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in PR or CVE?

91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk and volatility, PR or CVE?

Permian Resources has a beta of 4.33, suggesting that its stock price is 333% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer PR or CVE?

Cenovus Energy received 589 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.51% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote while only 59.55% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Permian Resources	Outperform Votes 53 59.55%	Underperform Votes 36 40.45%
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 642 60.51%	Underperform Votes 419 39.49%

Is PR or CVE more profitable?

Permian Resources has a net margin of 15.62% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 8.56%. Cenovus Energy's return on equity of 16.61% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Permian Resources	15.62%	11.91%	7.45%
Cenovus Energy	8.56%	16.61%	8.73%

Is PR or CVE a better dividend stock?

Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.53 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Permian Resources pays out 21.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cenovus Energy pays out 29.4% 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.

Does the media refer more to PR or CVE?

In the previous week, Permian Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Permian Resources and 11 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Permian Resources' score of 0.64 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Permian Resources	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Cenovus Energy	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, PR or CVE?

Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Cenovus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, 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
Permian Resources	$3.12B	3.47	$476.31M	$1.10	12.28
Cenovus Energy	$59.64B	0.52	$3.04B	$1.80	9.24

Summary

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