ARX vs. IMO, CVE, OVV, HSE, POU, VRN, BTE, COP, VET, and SSL
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), Veren (VRN), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Sandstorm Gold (SSL). 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 superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, earnings, risk and valuation.
ARC Resources received 346 more outperform votes than Imperial Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote while only 34.86% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.
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.
ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.78, meaning that its share price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ARC Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$32.29, suggesting a potential upside of 18.59%. Imperial Oil has a consensus price target of C$104.10, suggesting a potential upside of 4.88%. Given ARC Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Imperial Oil.
ARC Resources has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Imperial Oil's net margin of 10.00%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 21.23% beat ARC Resources' return on equity.
ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Imperial Oil pays out 25.8% 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.
In the previous week, ARC Resources and ARC Resources both had 4 articles in the media. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.13 indicating that ARC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
39.0% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.9% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 71.3% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
ARC Resources beats Imperial Oil on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ARX) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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