FRU vs. CPG, SCR, MEG, WCP, PSK, ERF, PEY, POU, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying Freehold Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freehold Royalties include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), MEG Energy (MEG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Freehold Royalties vs. Its Competitors
Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) and Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, valuation and dividends.
30.0% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 42.42% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.65%. Freehold Royalties' return on equity of 14.43% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.
Freehold Royalties has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.84, suggesting that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Freehold Royalties currently has a consensus target price of C$15.40, suggesting a potential upside of 18.37%. Given Freehold Royalties' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than Crescent Point Energy.
In the previous week, Freehold Royalties had 5 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Freehold Royalties and 0 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Freehold Royalties' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Freehold Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Freehold Royalties pays an annual dividend of C$1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.3%. Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share. Freehold Royalties pays out 122.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Crescent Point Energy pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Freehold Royalties. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Freehold Royalties beats Crescent Point Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:FRU) was last updated on 8/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff