Transocean (RIG) Competitors

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

Is OVV or RIG more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Transocean's net margin of -14.53%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 17.87% beat Transocean's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ovintiv	20.15%	17.87%	9.35%
Transocean	-14.53%	-0.51%	-0.27%

Which has more volatility & risk, OVV or RIG?

Ovintiv has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Transocean has a beta of 2.7, indicating that its stock price is 170% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OVV or RIG?

Ovintiv currently has a consensus target price of $56.88, suggesting a potential upside of 24.90%. Transocean has a consensus target price of $5.94, suggesting a potential upside of 66.74%. Given Transocean's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Transocean is more favorable than Ovintiv.

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
Transocean	1 Sell rating(s)	6 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.20

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer OVV or RIG?

Transocean received 754 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 52.85% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 51.51% of users gave Transocean an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 167 52.85%	Underperform Votes 149 47.15%
Transocean	Outperform Votes 921 51.51%	Underperform Votes 867 48.49%

Do institutionals and insiders believe in OVV or RIG?

83.8% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 67.7% of Transocean shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ovintiv shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Transocean shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has better valuation & earnings, OVV or RIG?

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Transocean. Transocean is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ovintiv, 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	$10.13B	1.17	$2.09B	$7.54	6.04
Transocean	$3.52B	0.89	-$954M	-$0.73	-4.88

Does the media refer more to OVV or RIG?

In the previous week, Transocean had 53 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 58 mentions for Transocean and 5 mentions for Ovintiv. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat Transocean's score of 0.09 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
Transocean	13 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	30 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	3 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Ovintiv beats Transocean on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.