Paramount Resources (POU) Competitors

Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of OVV or POU?

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

Is OVV or POU a better dividend stock?

Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.1%. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% 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.

Does the media refer more to OVV or POU?

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 4 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Ovintiv and 0 mentions for Paramount Resources. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 0.84 beat Paramount Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ovintiv	Positive
Paramount Resources	Neutral

Do analysts rate OVV or POU?

Paramount Resources has a consensus target price of C$25.00, indicating a potential upside of 53.85%. Given Paramount Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00
Paramount Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in OVV or POU?

Paramount Resources received 362 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.76% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 51.40% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 42 61.76%	Underperform Votes 26 38.24%
Paramount Resources	Outperform Votes 404 51.40%	Underperform Votes 382 48.60%

Which has better earnings & valuation, OVV or POU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ovintiv	C$6.82B	1.28	C$1.39B	C$10.91	4.41
Paramount Resources	C$1.93B	1.25	C$366.00M	C$2.44	6.65

Which has more risk & volatility, OVV or POU?

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.

Is OVV or POU more profitable?

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of 18.92%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ovintiv	20.34%	19.62%	8.59%
Paramount Resources	18.92%	10.06%	5.97%

Summary

Ovintiv beats Paramount Resources on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.