Tourmaline Oil (TOU) Competitors

ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARX or TOU?

Tourmaline Oil has higher revenue and earnings than ARC Resources. Tourmaline Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC 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	3.00	C$1.11B	C$1.90	14.27
Tourmaline Oil	C$5.77B	3.71	C$1.65B	C$4.43	12.98

Which has more risk & volatility, ARX or TOU?

ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its stock price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.3, suggesting that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARX or TOU more profitable?

Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 28.53% compared to ARC Resources' net margin of 20.95%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 14.60% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARC Resources	20.95%	14.60%	7.88%
Tourmaline Oil	28.53%	11.08%	6.26%

Does the media favor ARX or TOU?

In the previous week, ARC Resources and ARC Resources both had 3 articles in the media. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.00 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)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Tourmaline Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is ARX or TOU a better dividend stock?

ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tourmaline Oil pays out 31.6% 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.

Do analysts rate ARX or TOU?

ARC Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$33.25, suggesting a potential upside of 22.92%. Tourmaline Oil has a consensus price target of C$74.50, suggesting a potential upside of 29.57%. Given Tourmaline Oil's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil 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)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Tourmaline Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

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

39.0% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by 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.

Summary

Tourmaline Oil beats ARC Resources on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.