POU vs. BTE, ERF, WCP, PSK, PEY, SCR, ATH, NVA, VET, and PXT
Should you be buying Paramount Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Resources include Baytex Energy (BTE), Enerplus (ERF), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Parex Resources (PXT). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, community ranking, valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.19, suggesting that its share price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Baytex Energy and 3 mentions for Paramount Resources. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Paramount Resources' score of 0.29 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paramount Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$35.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Baytex Energy has a consensus price target of C$6.48, indicating a potential upside of 36.32%. Given Baytex Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Baytex Energy received 109 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.11% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -9.88%. Paramount Resources' return on equity of 9.92% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.
Paramount Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
9.3% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.7% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.6% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Paramount Resources pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baytex Energy pays out -20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Paramount Resources beats Baytex Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding POU and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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