OVV vs. TOU, ARX, MEG, SCR, CPG, WCP, PSK, ERF, POU, and BTE
Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, risk and media sentiment.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Tourmaline Oil. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tourmaline Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 16.7% 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. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 7 more articles in the media than Tourmaline Oil. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Ovintiv and 6 mentions for Tourmaline Oil. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.61 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Ovintiv has a consensus price target of C$58.50, indicating a potential downside of 16.90%. Given Ovintiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Tourmaline Oil's net margin of 18.52%. Tourmaline Oil's return on equity of 21.33% beat Ovintiv's return on equity.
Tourmaline Oil received 785 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.
Summary
Tourmaline Oil beats Ovintiv on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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