VET vs. MEG, SCR, CPG, WCP, PSK, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, and ATH
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), and Athabasca Oil (ATH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Vermilion Energy (TSE:VET) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, risk, dividends and institutional ownership.
Vermilion Energy received 202 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.25% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
38.9% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vermilion Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$21.71, indicating a potential upside of 30.07%. MEG Energy has a consensus price target of C$32.67, indicating a potential upside of 10.10%. Given Vermilion Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than MEG Energy.
MEG Energy has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of -34.11%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 13.20% beat Vermilion Energy's return on equity.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.73, indicating that its share price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, indicating that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Vermilion Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for MEG Energy and 2 mentions for Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.67 indicating that Vermilion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding VET and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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