PEY vs. CPG, PSK, SCR, MEG, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying Peyto Exploration & Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peyto Exploration & Development include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Strathcona Resources (SCR), MEG Energy (MEG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Peyto Exploration & Development vs.
Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) and Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.84, indicating that its stock price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 32.88% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.65%. Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity of 11.86% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.
Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share. Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.7%. Crescent Point Energy pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 85.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peyto Exploration & Development is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 8 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 0 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peyto Exploration & Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Crescent Point Energy. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crescent Point Energy received 342 more outperform votes than Peyto Exploration & Development when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote while only 64.05% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote.
47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Crescent Point Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$14.94, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus target price of C$17.80, indicating a potential upside of 4.15%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Peyto Exploration & Development is more favorable than Crescent Point Energy.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Crescent Point Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PEY) was last updated on 1/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
