Strathcona Resources (SCR) Competitors

ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk, community ranking, profitability, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, ARX or SCR?

ARC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Strathcona Resources. ARC Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strathcona Resources, 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	2.95	C$1.11B	C$1.90	14.06
Strathcona Resources	C$2.46B	2.24	C$370.36M	C$1.73	14.85

Does the media favor ARX or SCR?

In the previous week, ARC Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Strathcona Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ARC Resources and 1 mentions for Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat ARC Resources' score of -0.84 indicating that Strathcona Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARC Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Negative
Strathcona Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Do analysts prefer ARX or SCR?

ARC Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$32.29, suggesting a potential upside of 21.17%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus price target of C$35.00, suggesting a potential upside of 35.92%. Given Strathcona Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Strathcona Resources 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)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.17
Strathcona Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ARX or SCR?

ARC Resources received 520 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.74% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote while only 59.34% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARC Resources	Outperform Votes 628 64.74%	Underperform Votes 342 35.26%
Strathcona Resources	Outperform Votes 108 59.34%	Underperform Votes 74 40.66%

Is ARX or SCR more profitable?

ARC Resources has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Strathcona Resources' net margin of 15.04%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 14.60% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARC Resources	20.95%	14.60%	7.88%
Strathcona Resources	15.04%	9.70%	6.81%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARX or SCR?

39.0% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.3% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Is ARX or SCR a better dividend stock?

ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Strathcona Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Strathcona Resources pays out 57.7% 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.

Summary

ARC Resources beats Strathcona Resources on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.