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Ovintiv (OVV) Competitors

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C$54.14 -0.21 (-0.39%)
As of 07/4/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

OVV vs. CVE, ARX, HSE, VRN, POU, SSL, COP, AAV, BTE, and IPCO

Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include Cenovus Energy (CVE), ARC Resources (ARX), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Paramount Resources (POU), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Coro Mining (COP), Advantage Energy (AAV), Baytex Energy (BTE), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Ovintiv vs. Its Competitors

Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and institutional ownership.

Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.8%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Cenovus Energy pays out 35.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% 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.

54.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. 32.0% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by 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.

Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 7 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ovintiv and 1 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.55 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cenovus Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ovintiv
2 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 6.72%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cenovus Energy6.72% 12.67% 7.58%
Ovintiv 20.34%19.62%8.59%

Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ovintiv. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cenovus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cenovus EnergyC$54.87B0.64C$3.69BC$2.039.44
OvintivC$6.82B1.44C$1.39BC$10.914.96

Cenovus Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$28.15, indicating a potential upside of 46.92%. Given Cenovus Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cenovus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
6 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Summary

Ovintiv beats Cenovus Energy on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OVV vs. The Competition

MetricOvintivOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$9.85BC$1.41BC$7.59BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield2.55%8.34%10.91%6.72%
P/E Ratio4.96238.7961.5350.85
Price / Sales1.4499,957.4622,410.401,194.54
Price / Cash921.2592.2135.0483.29
Price / Book1.361.643.394.69
Net IncomeC$1.39BC$82.50MC$4.21BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.40%0.77%1.87%1.62%
1 Month Performance3.56%3.18%6.57%4.20%
1 Year Performance-14.65%30.15%102.93%27.05%

Ovintiv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$54.14
-0.4%
N/A-14.6%C$9.85BC$6.82B4.961,740
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.6084 of 5 stars
C$18.53
-0.9%
C$28.15
+51.9%
-28.5%C$33.75BC$54.87B9.136,000
ARX
ARC Resources
3.798 of 5 stars
C$28.71
-0.2%
C$33.17
+15.5%
+11.4%C$16.90BC$5.31B15.14438Dividend Announcement
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
VRN
Veren
N/AN/AC$11.74
+∞
N/AC$5.60BC$3.83B5.20777
POU
Paramount Resources
3.5134 of 5 stars
C$21.67
-0.7%
C$23.67
+9.2%
-31.3%C$3.23BC$1.93B8.87579Dividend Announcement
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.3582 of 5 stars
C$12.81
+3.6%
C$11.92
-7.0%
+71.2%C$2.68BC$108.71M85.2428,600Dividend Announcement
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.2185 of 5 stars
C$11.83
+0.4%
C$12.95
+9.5%
+13.4%C$1.96BC$505.16M43.0883Positive News
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.6981 of 5 stars
C$2.44
-3.2%
C$4.68
+91.9%
-47.9%C$1.93BC$3.33B-5.55220News Coverage
IPCO
International Petroleum
0.6876 of 5 stars
C$22.28
-0.2%
C$21.67
-2.8%
+14.1%C$1.87BC$621.26M18.86N/A

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