Baytex Energy (BTE) Competitors

Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (TSE:HSE) and Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do analysts rate HSE or BTE?

Baytex Energy has a consensus target price of C$5.59, indicating a potential upside of 90.70%. Given Baytex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Baytex Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of HSE or BTE?

40.5% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Is HSE or BTE a better dividend stock?

Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baytex Energy pays out -20.5% 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. Baytex Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is HSE or BTE more profitable?

Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -10.45%. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Baytex Energy	-10.45%	-8.96%	-0.08%

Does the media prefer HSE or BTE?

In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 19 more articles in the media than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Baytex Energy and 0 mentions for Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.04 beat Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	Neutral
Baytex Energy	Neutral

Which has better earnings and valuation, HSE or BTE?

Baytex Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO), 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
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	C$14.69B	0.00	-C$11.47B	-C$11.41	N/A
Baytex Energy	C$3.33B	0.70	-C$347.90M	-C$0.44	-6.67

Does the MarketBeat Community favor HSE or BTE?

Baytex Energy received 81 more outperform votes than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.05% of users gave Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) an outperform vote while only 56.29% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	Outperform Votes 429 57.05%	Underperform Votes 323 42.95%
Baytex Energy	Outperform Votes 510 56.29%	Underperform Votes 396 43.71%

Summary

Baytex Energy beats Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.