CJ vs. PEY, POU, ATH, NVA, BTE, FRU, BIR, AAV, IPCO, and VET
Should you be buying Cardinal Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cardinal Energy include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Advantage Energy (AAV), International Petroleum (IPCO), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Cardinal Energy vs.
Cardinal Energy (TSE:CJ) and Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends, profitability, earnings, valuation and media sentiment.
Cardinal Energy has a beta of 2.81, suggesting that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Cardinal Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Peyto Exploration & Development. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cardinal Energy and 2 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Cardinal Energy's score of 1.01 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peyto Exploration & Development has higher revenue and earnings than Cardinal Energy. Cardinal Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Cardinal Energy's net margin of 19.57%. Cardinal Energy's return on equity of 11.24% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.
Cardinal Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$7.33, indicating a potential upside of 20.02%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus target price of C$19.10, indicating a potential upside of 6.35%. Given Cardinal Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Cardinal Energy is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Cardinal Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.8%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Cardinal Energy pays out 111.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 89.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
5.1% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 124 more outperform votes than Cardinal Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.34% of users gave Cardinal Energy an outperform vote while only 63.96% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Cardinal Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CJ) was last updated on 4/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
