POU vs. OVV, ARX, HSE, BTE, COP, SSL, VET, IPCO, AAV, and GBR
Should you be buying Paramount Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Resources include Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Vermilion Energy (VET), International Petroleum (IPCO), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Great Bear Resources (GBR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Paramount Resources vs.
Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 19.66% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 18.84%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.75% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.1%. Ovintiv pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Resources pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
83.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, suggesting that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 12 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Ovintiv and 3 mentions for Paramount Resources. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.58 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Ovintiv currently has a consensus price target of C$58.50, suggesting a potential downside of 10.15%. Paramount Resources has a consensus price target of C$38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 30.19%. Given Paramount Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Paramount Resources received 364 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.61% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 51.99% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Ovintiv beats Paramount Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:POU) was last updated on 1/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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