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ARC Resources (ARX) Competitors

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C$24.31 +0.10 (+0.41%)
(As of 12/20/2024 05:17 PM ET)

ARX vs. IMO, CVE, OVV, HSE, POU, BTE, COP, SSL, VET, and IPCO

Should you be buying ARC Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARC Resources include Imperial Oil (IMO), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Vermilion Energy (VET), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

ARC Resources vs.

ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and earnings.

Imperial Oil has higher revenue and earnings than ARC Resources. Imperial Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARC ResourcesC$5.25B2.76C$1.17BC$1.9312.60
Imperial OilC$52.48B0.90C$5.29BC$9.549.29

ARC Resources has a net margin of 22.23% compared to Imperial Oil's net margin of 10.09%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 22.17% beat ARC Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARC Resources22.23% 15.83% 7.88%
Imperial Oil 10.09%22.17%9.78%

ARC Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$31.35, suggesting a potential upside of 28.94%. Imperial Oil has a consensus price target of C$103.90, suggesting a potential upside of 17.26%. Given ARC Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Imperial Oil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARC Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.10
Imperial Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
9 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20

39.0% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.9% of Imperial Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.3% of Imperial Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. ARC Resources pays out 35.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Imperial Oil pays out 25.2% 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.

ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Imperial Oil had 5 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Imperial Oil and 5 mentions for ARC Resources. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Imperial Oil's score of -0.60 indicating that ARC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ARC Resources
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Imperial Oil
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Negative

ARC Resources received 344 more outperform votes than Imperial Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote while only 35.04% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ARC ResourcesOutperform Votes
625
65.04%
Underperform Votes
336
34.96%
Imperial OilOutperform Votes
281
35.04%
Underperform Votes
521
64.96%

Summary

ARC Resources beats Imperial Oil on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ARX vs. The Competition

MetricARC ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$14.49BC$1.25BC$3.61BC$5.82B
Dividend Yield3.02%7.86%7.13%5.78%
P/E Ratio12.60111.1097.7226.08
Price / Sales2.7621,050.9515,141.171,299.55
Price / Cash146.5088.4869.8079.99
Price / Book1.901.341.453.06
Net IncomeC$1.17BC$96.17MC$402.38MC$291.80M
7 Day Performance-5.48%-3.23%-3.30%-2.47%
1 Month Performance-9.86%-4.37%-4.24%-0.74%
1 Year Performance23.46%-5.02%-0.47%33.90%

ARC Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARX
ARC Resources
3.7381 of 5 stars
C$24.31
+0.4%
C$31.35
+28.9%
+25.3%C$14.49BC$5.25B12.60438Dividend Increase
IMO
Imperial Oil
2.8701 of 5 stars
C$94.24
-1.8%
C$103.90
+10.3%
+18.4%C$50.50BC$52.48B10.065,300Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.8484 of 5 stars
C$21.14
-2.6%
C$31.50
+49.0%
-6.3%C$39.32BC$55.99B8.526,000Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
OVV
Ovintiv
1.7481 of 5 stars
C$56.77
-1.6%
C$58.50
+3.0%
-6.2%C$14.97BC$10.30B5.901,740Dividend Cut
Negative News
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AC$6.76
+5.1%
N/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
POU
Paramount Resources
4.2819 of 5 stars
C$29.82
-1.7%
C$37.60
+26.1%
+11.1%C$4.37BC$1.79B12.65579Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5879 of 5 stars
C$3.40
-4.8%
C$5.97
+75.5%
-26.6%C$2.74BC$3.43B-5.03220Dividend Announcement
News Coverage
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
3.3838 of 5 stars
C$7.95
-0.6%
C$10.35
+30.2%
+16.3%C$2.36BC$170.01M56.8628,600News Coverage
VET
Vermilion Energy
1.8985 of 5 stars
C$12.96
-3.4%
C$19.36
+49.4%
-23.6%C$2.02BC$1.81B-2.63720Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
IPCO
International Petroleum
N/AC$15.88
-1.1%
C$21.00
+32.2%
-2.3%C$1.91BC$881.28M8.45N/A

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This page (TSE:ARX) was last updated on 12/21/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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