PXT vs. POU, ATH, NVA, BTE, FRU, BIR, AAV, IPCO, VET, and HWX
Should you be buying Parex Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parex Resources include Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Advantage Energy (AAV), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Parex Resources vs.
Parex Resources (TSE:PXT) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
56.9% of Parex Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.6% of Parex Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Parex Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$20.21, indicating a potential upside of 73.51%. Paramount Resources has a consensus price target of C$25.00, indicating a potential upside of 47.93%. Given Parex Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Parex Resources is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Parex Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.54 per share and has a dividend yield of 13.2%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. Parex Resources pays out 42.1% 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. Parex Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, Paramount Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Parex Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Paramount Resources and 2 mentions for Parex Resources. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Parex Resources' score of 0.44 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Parex Resources received 18 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave Parex Resources an outperform vote while only 51.40% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
Parex Resources has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its share price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, indicating that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Paramount Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Parex Resources. Parex Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Parex Resources has a net margin of 19.08% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of 18.92%. Parex Resources' return on equity of 13.52% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Paramount Resources beats Parex Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PXT) was last updated on 4/19/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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