MEG vs. CPG, SCR, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, ATH, and NVA Should you be buying MEG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEG Energy include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG ) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG ) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking and earnings.
Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.84, meaning that its stock price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its stock price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Crescent Point Energy has a net margin of 17.88% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of 10.58%. Crescent Point Energy's return on equity of 13.20% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.
47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.5% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Crescent Point Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MEG Energy. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crescent Point Energy received 516 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote while only 56.95% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
Crescent Point Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 26.28%. MEG Energy has a consensus target price of C$33.09, suggesting a potential upside of 8.42%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than MEG Energy.
In the previous week, Crescent Point Energy had 12 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Crescent Point Energy and 1 mentions for MEG Energy. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.14 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Crescent Point Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary Crescent Point Energy beats MEG Energy on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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