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Ovintiv (OVV) Competitors

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C$65.97 -0.21 (-0.32%)
As of 04:00 PM Eastern

OVV vs. IMO, CVE, ARX, HSE, POU, BTE, COP, SSL, VET, and IPCO

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

Ovintiv vs.

Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, profitability and media sentiment.

24.9% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 71.3% of Imperial Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ovintiv has a net margin of 18.84% compared to Imperial Oil's net margin of 10.09%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 22.17% beat Ovintiv's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Imperial Oil10.09% 22.17% 9.78%
Ovintiv 18.84%19.75%8.59%

Imperial Oil presently has a consensus price target of C$104.20, suggesting a potential upside of 5.84%. Ovintiv has a consensus price target of C$58.50, suggesting a potential downside of 11.23%. Given Imperial Oil's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Imperial Oil is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Imperial Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40

Imperial Oil received 241 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.61% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 34.95% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Imperial OilOutperform Votes
281
34.95%
Underperform Votes
523
65.05%
OvintivOutperform Votes
40
60.61%
Underperform Votes
26
39.39%

Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its share price is 78% 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.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Imperial OilC$52.48B1.01C$5.29BC$9.5410.32
OvintivC$10.30B1.69C$1.94BC$9.776.75

In the previous week, Imperial Oil and Imperial Oil both had 16 articles in the media. Imperial Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.54 indicating that Imperial Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Imperial Oil
3 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ovintiv
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Imperial Oil pays out 25.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 16.6% 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. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Summary

Ovintiv beats Imperial Oil on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OVV vs. The Competition

MetricOvintivOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$17.37BC$1.43BC$4.16BC$6.18B
Dividend Yield2.72%8.12%7.20%5.38%
P/E Ratio6.75128.76107.6226.02
Price / Sales1.6921,919.4915,648.751,344.71
Price / Cash921.2592.2272.5282.72
Price / Book1.681.481.583.19
Net IncomeC$1.94BC$100.23MC$423.59MC$295.15M
7 Day Performance2.70%0.15%1.02%2.04%
1 Month Performance21.32%12.36%8.44%3.02%
1 Year Performance19.97%52.61%30.44%39.42%

Ovintiv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OVV
Ovintiv
2.8815 of 5 stars
C$65.97
-0.3%
C$58.50
-11.3%
+20.5%C$17.39BC$10.30B6.751,740Analyst Revision
IMO
Imperial Oil
2.7908 of 5 stars
C$95.83
-0.6%
C$103.90
+8.4%
+32.0%C$51.35BC$52.48B10.055,300Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.8852 of 5 stars
C$21.98
-1.2%
C$30.89
+40.5%
+8.5%C$40.88BC$55.99B8.766,000Positive News
ARX
ARC Resources
3.4189 of 5 stars
C$27.10
-0.9%
C$31.35
+15.7%
+29.3%C$16.16BC$5.25B14.04438Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
POU
Paramount Resources
4.2932 of 5 stars
C$31.21
-1.2%
C$38.20
+22.4%
+16.5%C$4.58BC$1.79B13.22579Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5166 of 5 stars
C$3.90
-0.5%
C$5.97
+53.0%
-5.0%C$3.14BC$3.43B-5.65220Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
3.6841 of 5 stars
C$7.95
-2.5%
C$10.35
+30.2%
+29.4%C$2.36BC$170.01M56.7928,600Dividend Announcement
VET
Vermilion Energy
2.2569 of 5 stars
C$14.66
-0.3%
C$18.77
+28.1%
+2.0%C$2.29BC$1.81B-2.87720Positive News
IPCO
International Petroleum
1.2745 of 5 stars
C$18.36
-2.3%
C$21.00
+14.4%
+29.3%C$2.21BC$881.28M9.66N/A

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