Athabasca Oil (ATH) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, 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.

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%

Does the media prefer ATH or OVV?

In the previous week, Athabasca Oil and Athabasca Oil both had 3 articles in the media. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.25 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)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ovintiv	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has preferable 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	2.34	C$221.88M	C$0.43	13.41
Ovintiv	C$6.82B	1.45	C$1.39B	C$10.91	4.99

Do analysts prefer ATH or OVV?

Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$6.10, indicating a potential upside of 7.02%. Given Athabasca Oil's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Athabasca Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.00
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Summary

Ovintiv beats Athabasca Oil on 10 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.