PXT vs. PEY, ATH, POU, NVA, BTE, FRU, VET, IPCO, AAV, and BIR
Should you be buying Parex Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parex Resources include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Paramount Resources (POU), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Vermilion Energy (VET), International Petroleum (IPCO), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Birchcliff Energy (BIR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Parex Resources vs.
Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) and Parex Resources (TSE:PXT) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 168 more outperform votes than Parex Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.53% of users gave Parex Resources an outperform vote while only 63.99% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.75, suggesting that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parex Resources has a beta of 1.43, suggesting that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peyto Exploration & Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Parex Resources. Parex Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Parex Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 11.4%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 89.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Parex Resources pays out 42.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parex Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
18.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of Parex Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Parex Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 5 more articles in the media than Parex Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 2 mentions for Parex Resources. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Parex Resources' score of 0.64 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Peyto Exploration & Development presently has a consensus target price of C$18.78, suggesting a potential upside of 3.74%. Parex Resources has a consensus target price of C$20.21, suggesting a potential upside of 49.85%. Given Parex Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Parex Resources is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Parex Resources' net margin of 19.08%. Parex Resources' return on equity of 13.52% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Parex Resources on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PXT) was last updated on 3/30/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
