ARX vs. IMO, CVE, OVV, HSE, VRN, POU, SSL, COP, BTE, and AAV
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), Veren (VRN), Paramount Resources (POU), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Coro Mining (COP), Baytex Energy (BTE), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
ARC Resources vs. Its Competitors
Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) and ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends and media sentiment.
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.
Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
24.9% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.3% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Imperial Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$104.11, suggesting a potential downside of 7.70%. ARC Resources has a consensus target price of C$33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 24.44%. Given ARC Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Imperial Oil.
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.
Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Imperial Oil pays out 25.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% 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, Imperial Oil had 10 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Imperial Oil and 1 mentions for ARC Resources. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.83 indicating that ARC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Imperial Oil and ARC Resources tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ARX) was last updated on 7/17/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
