PrairieSky Royalty (PSK) Competitors

ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and risk.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARX or PSK?

39.0% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 66.0% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty 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.

Which has more risk and volatility, ARX or PSK?

ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, indicating that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 1.78, indicating that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate ARX or PSK?

ARC Resources presently has a consensus target price of C$33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.47%. PrairieSky Royalty has a consensus target price of C$29.88, suggesting a potential upside of 23.60%. Given PrairieSky Royalty's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe PrairieSky Royalty is more favorable than ARC Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARC Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.11
PrairieSky Royalty	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.75

Is ARX or PSK a better dividend stock?

ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. PrairieSky Royalty pays out 110.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Does the media favor ARX or PSK?

In the previous week, PrairieSky Royalty had 5 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty and 1 mentions for ARC Resources. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat PrairieSky Royalty's score of 0.28 indicating that ARC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARC Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
PrairieSky Royalty	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, ARX or PSK?

ARC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than PrairieSky Royalty. ARC Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrairieSky Royalty, 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
ARC Resources	C$5.31B	2.99	C$1.11B	C$1.90	14.20
PrairieSky Royalty	C$508.08M	11.34	C$214.83M	C$0.90	26.77

Is ARX or PSK more profitable?

PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 42.28% compared to ARC Resources' net margin of 20.95%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 14.60% beat PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARC Resources	20.95%	14.60%	7.88%
PrairieSky Royalty	42.28%	7.83%	5.99%

Summary

PrairieSky Royalty beats ARC Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.