Paramount Resources (POU) Competitors

Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (TSE:HSE) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, risk, institutional ownership and earnings.

Do analysts rate POU or HSE?

Paramount Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$28.21, suggesting a potential upside of 61.96%. Given Paramount Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Paramount Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of POU or HSE?

9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Is POU or HSE a better dividend stock?

Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.3%. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays out -2.4% 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.

Is POU or HSE more profitable?

Paramount Resources has a net margin of 18.92% compared to Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s net margin of 0.00%. Paramount Resources' return on equity of 10.06% beat Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Paramount Resources	18.92%	10.06%	5.97%
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the media refer more to POU or HSE?

In the previous week, Paramount Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Paramount Resources and 0 mentions for Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Paramount Resources	Positive
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	Neutral

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, POU or HSE?

Paramount Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Paramount Resources	C$1.93B	1.34	C$366.00M	C$2.44	7.13
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	C$14.69B	0.00	-C$11.47B	-C$11.41	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community favor POU or HSE?

Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) received 25 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.05% of users gave Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) an outperform vote while only 51.60% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Paramount Resources	Outperform Votes 404 51.60%	Underperform Votes 379 48.40%
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	Outperform Votes 429 57.05%	Underperform Votes 323 42.95%

Summary

Paramount Resources beats Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.