Veren (VRN) Competitors C$8.48 +0.21 (+2.54%) As of 04/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock VRN vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, COP, POU, SSL, BTE, GBR, AAV, and IPCOShould 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 Ovintiv Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) Coro Mining Paramount Resources Sandstorm Gold Baytex Energy Great Bear Resources Advantage Energy International Petroleum 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. Which has preferable earnings & valuation, ARX or VRN? 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 RatioARC ResourcesC$5.31B3.05C$1.11BC$1.9014.51VerenC$3.83B1.36C$1.07BC$1.764.83 Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of ARX or VRN? 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. Does the media favor ARX or VRN? 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 Is ARX or VRN more profitable? 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 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARX or VRN? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARC ResourcesOutperform Votes62864.74% Underperform Votes34235.26% VerenOutperform Votes1066.67% Underperform Votes533.33% Do analysts recommend ARX or VRN? 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) 3.13Veren 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.14 SummaryARC Resources beats Veren on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Veren News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VRN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?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.Skip Chart VRN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVerenCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas IndustryMaterials SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$5.20BC$7.47BC$2.97BC$5.50BDividend Yield6.22%24.22%5.22%6.84%P/E Ratio4.839.7475.8130.43Price / Sales1.369.8423,032,091,497,815,300.00565.90Price / CashN/A7.3824.3282.93Price / Book0.781.525.223.52Net IncomeC$1.07BC$1.11BC$155.11MC$299.64M7 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 Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VRNVerenN/AC$8.48+2.5%C$11.74+38.4%N/AC$5.20BC$3.83B4.83777News CoverageGap UpARXARC Resources2.3442 of 5 starsC$25.03-3.1%C$32.79+31.0%+9.8%C$14.73BC$5.31B13.20438Analyst ForecastGap UpOVVOvintiv3.6046 of 5 starsC$46.62-0.6%C$68.00+45.9%-34.2%C$8.48BC$6.82B4.271,740Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeHSEHusky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802COPCoro MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap UpPOUParamount Resources4.2102 of 5 starsC$15.77+0.2%C$28.21+78.9%-41.3%C$2.35BC$1.93B6.46579Dividend AnnouncementEx-DividendSSLSandstorm Gold1.0469 of 5 starsC$9.80-1.3%C$9.92+1.2%+57.5%C$2.05BC$108.71M65.2128,600Dividend AnnouncementAnalyst ForecastGap DownBTEBaytex Energy3.1545 of 5 starsC$2.33+0.4%C$5.59+139.8%-51.4%C$1.84BC$3.33B-5.30220Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeGBRGreat Bear ResourcesN/AC$28.15-2.3%N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading VolumeAAVAdvantage Energy3.5113 of 5 starsC$8.95-2.3%C$13.85+54.7%-3.8%C$1.49BC$505.16M32.5983Positive NewsGap UpIPCOInternational Petroleum0.4964 of 5 starsC$17.43+1.4%C$21.00+20.5%+12.0%C$1.47BC$621.26M14.75N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARC Resources Competitors Ovintiv Competitors Husky Energy Inc. 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