Athabasca Oil (ATH) Competitors

Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends and valuation.

Do institutionals & insiders believe in ATH or OVV?

17.4% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned 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.

Is ATH or OVV more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 17.53%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Athabasca Oil	17.53%	14.73%	9.71%
Ovintiv	20.34%	19.62%	8.59%

Do analysts recommend ATH or OVV?

Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus price target of C$6.25, suggesting a potential upside of 25.50%. Ovintiv has a consensus price target of C$68.00, suggesting a potential upside of 44.96%. Given Ovintiv's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Ovintiv is more favorable than Athabasca Oil.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Athabasca Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.83

Which has stronger valuation and earnings, ATH or OVV?

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Athabasca Oil. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, 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
Athabasca Oil	C$1.27B	2.05	C$221.88M	C$0.43	11.72
Ovintiv	C$6.82B	1.25	C$1.39B	C$10.91	4.30

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ATH or OVV?

Athabasca Oil received 360 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Athabasca Oil	Outperform Votes 402 55.76%	Underperform Votes 319 44.24%
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 42 61.76%	Underperform Votes 26 38.24%

Which has more volatility and risk, ATH or OVV?

Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to ATH or OVV?

In the previous week, Athabasca Oil had 3 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Athabasca Oil and 4 mentions for Ovintiv. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.02 indicating that Athabasca Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Athabasca Oil	2 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Ovintiv	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Ovintiv beats Athabasca Oil on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.