YPF vs. CNQ, SU, E, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, WDS, PR, and AR
Should you be buying YPF Sociedad Anónima stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of YPF Sociedad Anónima include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Suncor Energy (SU), ENI (E), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Permian Resources (PR), and Antero Resources (AR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
YPF Sociedad Anónima vs.
Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) and YPF Sociedad Anónima (NYSE:YPF) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
YPF Sociedad Anónima has a consensus price target of $39.16, suggesting a potential downside of 8.95%. Given YPF Sociedad Anónima's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe YPF Sociedad Anónima is more favorable than Canadian Natural Resources.
Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.46, meaning that its share price is 46% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, YPF Sociedad Anónima has a beta of 1.91, meaning that its share price is 91% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 18.45% compared to YPF Sociedad Anónima's net margin of 4.15%. YPF Sociedad Anónima's return on equity of 32.76% beat Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity.
Canadian Natural Resources received 141 more outperform votes than YPF Sociedad Anónima when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.93% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 67.78% of users gave YPF Sociedad Anónima an outperform vote.
Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than YPF Sociedad Anónima. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than YPF Sociedad Anónima, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 14 more articles in the media than YPF Sociedad Anónima. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 8 mentions for YPF Sociedad Anónima. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat YPF Sociedad Anónima's score of 1.13 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 10.1% of YPF Sociedad Anónima shares are held by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources beats YPF Sociedad Anónima on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:YPF) was last updated on 1/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
