NOA vs. POU, BTE, COP, SSL, IPCO, VET, GBR, AAV, VNR, and OBE
Should you be buying North American Construction Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North American Construction Group include Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Advantage Energy (AAV), Valener (VNR), and Obsidian Energy (OBE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
North American Construction Group vs.
Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and North American Construction Group (TSE:NOA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.59, indicating that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. North American Construction Group pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. North American Construction Group pays out 18.8% 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.
Paramount Resources has higher revenue and earnings than North American Construction Group. Paramount Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 18 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for North American Construction Group and 1 mentions for Paramount Resources. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat North American Construction Group's score of -0.11 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Paramount Resources received 114 more outperform votes than North American Construction Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.60% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.1% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 8.9% of North American Construction Group shares are owned by 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.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 18.92% compared to North American Construction Group's net margin of 4.80%. North American Construction Group's return on equity of 15.24% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.
Paramount Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$28.21, indicating a potential upside of 55.37%. North American Construction Group has a consensus price target of C$37.38, indicating a potential upside of 60.13%. Given North American Construction Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Summary
North American Construction Group beats Paramount Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:NOA) was last updated on 3/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
