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C$8.48 +0.21 (+2.54%)
As of 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

VRN vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, COP, POU, SSL, BTE, GBR, AAV, and IPCO

Should you be buying Veren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veren include ARC Resources (ARX), Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Coro Mining (COP), Paramount Resources (POU), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Baytex Energy (BTE), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Advantage Energy (AAV), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Veren vs.

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

ARC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Veren. Veren is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARC ResourcesC$5.31B3.05C$1.11BC$1.9014.51
VerenC$3.83B1.36C$1.07BC$1.764.83

39.0% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, ARC Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for ARC Resources and 1 mentions for Veren. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Veren'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)
0 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Veren
0 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Veren has a net margin of 27.98% compared to ARC Resources' net margin of 20.95%. Veren's return on equity of 16.28% beat ARC Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARC Resources20.95% 14.60% 7.88%
Veren 27.98%16.28%N/A

ARC Resources received 618 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ARC ResourcesOutperform Votes
628
64.74%
Underperform Votes
342
35.26%
VerenOutperform Votes
10
66.67%
Underperform Votes
5
33.33%

ARC Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$32.19, indicating a potential upside of 16.98%. Veren has a consensus price target of C$11.74, indicating a potential upside of 38.38%. Given Veren's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Veren 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)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.13
Veren
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

Summary

ARC Resources beats Veren on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VRN vs. The Competition

MetricVerenCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$5.20BC$7.47BC$2.97BC$5.50B
Dividend Yield6.22%24.22%5.22%6.84%
P/E Ratio4.839.7475.8130.43
Price / Sales1.369.8423,032,091,497,815,300.00565.90
Price / CashN/A7.3824.3282.93
Price / Book0.781.525.223.52
Net IncomeC$1.07BC$1.11BC$155.11MC$299.64M
7 Day Performance11.29%6.37%5.64%6.13%
1 Month Performance-5.99%-7.27%1.86%-2.61%
1 Year PerformanceN/A-17.24%16.49%11.60%

Veren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRN
Veren
N/AC$8.48
+2.5%
C$11.74
+38.4%
N/AC$5.20BC$3.83B4.83777News Coverage
Gap Up
ARX
ARC Resources
2.3442 of 5 stars
C$25.03
-3.1%
C$32.79
+31.0%
+9.8%C$14.73BC$5.31B13.20438Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
OVV
Ovintiv
3.6046 of 5 stars
C$46.62
-0.6%
C$68.00
+45.9%
-34.2%C$8.48BC$6.82B4.271,740Gap Up
High Trading Volume
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
POU
Paramount Resources
4.2102 of 5 stars
C$15.77
+0.2%
C$28.21
+78.9%
-41.3%C$2.35BC$1.93B6.46579Dividend Announcement
Ex-Dividend
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.0469 of 5 stars
C$9.80
-1.3%
C$9.92
+1.2%
+57.5%C$2.05BC$108.71M65.2128,600Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.1545 of 5 stars
C$2.33
+0.4%
C$5.59
+139.8%
-51.4%C$1.84BC$3.33B-5.30220Gap Up
High Trading Volume
GBR
Great Bear Resources
N/AC$28.15
-2.3%
N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading Volume
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.5113 of 5 stars
C$8.95
-2.3%
C$13.85
+54.7%
-3.8%C$1.49BC$505.16M32.5983Positive News
Gap Up
IPCO
International Petroleum
0.4964 of 5 stars
C$17.43
+1.4%
C$21.00
+20.5%
+12.0%C$1.47BC$621.26M14.75N/A

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This page (TSE:VRN) was last updated on 4/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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