POU vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, VRN, BTE, COP, VET, SSL, GBR, and IPCO
Should you be buying Paramount Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Resources include ARC Resources (ARX), Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), Vermilion Energy (VET), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Great Bear Resources (GBR), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Paramount Resources vs.
Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Paramount Resources had 16 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Paramount Resources and 4 mentions for ARC Resources. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.60 beat Paramount Resources' score of -0.52 indicating that ARC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ARC Resources has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of 18.92%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 14.60% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.
Paramount Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$31.67, indicating a potential upside of 79.41%. ARC Resources has a consensus price target of C$32.29, indicating a potential upside of 18.59%. Given Paramount Resources' higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than ARC Resources.
ARC Resources received 223 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.04% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote while only 51.66% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.2%. ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% 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.
Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, meaning that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ARC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Resources. Paramount Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
ARC Resources beats Paramount Resources on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:POU) was last updated on 2/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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