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Headwater Exploration (HWX) Competitors

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C$6.52 -0.04 (-0.61%)
As of 03/27/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

HWX vs. SCR, ERF, WCP, PEY, ATH, NVA, POU, BTE, FRU, and IPCO

Should you be buying Headwater Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headwater Exploration include Strathcona Resources (SCR), Enerplus (ERF), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Headwater Exploration vs.

Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Headwater Exploration pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Strathcona Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Headwater Exploration pays out 51.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Strathcona Resources pays out 57.7% 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. Headwater Exploration is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

In the previous week, Strathcona Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Headwater Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Strathcona Resources and 1 mentions for Headwater Exploration. Headwater Exploration's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Strathcona Resources' score of 0.80 indicating that Headwater Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Headwater Exploration
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Strathcona Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Strathcona Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Headwater Exploration. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strathcona Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Headwater ExplorationC$518.46M2.98C$184.15MC$0.788.36
Strathcona ResourcesC$2.46B2.58C$370.36MC$1.7317.10

Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 35.52% compared to Strathcona Resources' net margin of 15.04%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 28.63% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Headwater Exploration35.52% 28.63% 17.83%
Strathcona Resources 15.04%9.70%6.81%

32.4% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.3% of Strathcona Resources shares are held 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.

Headwater Exploration currently has a consensus target price of C$9.21, indicating a potential upside of 41.23%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus target price of C$35.50, indicating a potential upside of 19.73%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Headwater Exploration
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Strathcona Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Strathcona Resources received 66 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.67% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote while only 56.76% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Headwater ExplorationOutperform Votes
42
56.76%
Underperform Votes
32
43.24%
Strathcona ResourcesOutperform Votes
108
59.67%
Underperform Votes
73
40.33%

Summary

Headwater Exploration beats Strathcona Resources on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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HWX vs. The Competition

MetricHeadwater ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.54BC$1.42BC$7.73BC$5.71B
Dividend Yield5.82%8.23%10.65%6.83%
P/E Ratio8.36185.0947.4230.79
Price / Sales2.9892,361.1121,017.68565.20
Price / Cash8.0690.3835.2883.07
Price / Book2.261.523.693.66
Net IncomeC$184.15MC$80.85MC$4.27BC$299.79M
7 Day Performance2.19%1.71%0.73%0.27%
1 Month Performance2.52%0.99%0.88%0.99%
1 Year Performance-14.99%31.83%168.97%15.75%

Headwater Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWX
Headwater Exploration
3.9041 of 5 stars
C$6.52
-0.6%
C$9.21
+41.2%
-15.7%C$1.54BC$518.46M8.3635Positive News
SCR
Strathcona Resources
2.7403 of 5 stars
C$27.52
-0.3%
C$35.50
+29.0%
+4.8%C$5.89BC$2.46B15.87193Dividend Increase
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AC$26.00
+∞
N/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
WCP
Whitecap Resources
4.0308 of 5 stars
C$8.88
+2.9%
C$13.52
+52.3%
-7.7%C$5.18BC$3.55B5.99542Insider Trade
High Trading Volume
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.7643 of 5 stars
C$16.66
+1.4%
C$18.67
+12.0%
+21.9%C$3.31BC$915.70M11.2353Analyst Upgrade
ATH
Athabasca Oil
2.0387 of 5 stars
C$5.19
+3.0%
C$6.25
+20.4%
+7.3%C$2.70BC$1.27B12.21170
NVA
NuVista Energy
4.0192 of 5 stars
C$12.49
+2.2%
C$17.32
+38.7%
+15.8%C$2.56BC$1.22B8.7388Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
POU
Paramount Resources
4.0153 of 5 stars
C$16.70
+1.5%
C$28.21
+68.9%
-32.1%C$2.49BC$1.93B6.84579
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5318 of 5 stars
C$3.05
-1.3%
C$5.59
+83.2%
-32.3%C$2.41BC$3.33B-6.94220
FRU
Freehold Royalties
2.4568 of 5 stars
C$12.71
+0.8%
C$17.00
+33.8%
-12.6%C$1.91BC$311.95M14.41N/A
IPCO
International Petroleum
0.577 of 5 stars
C$20.97
+2.0%
C$21.00
+0.1%
+37.4%C$1.76BC$621.26M17.75N/ANews Coverage
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This page (TSE:HWX) was last updated on 3/28/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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