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Whitecap Resources (WCP) Competitors

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C$10.72 +0.17 (+1.61%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

WCP vs. TOU, OVV, ARX, CPG, PSK, MEG, SCR, ERF, POU, and BTE

Should you be buying Whitecap Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Whitecap Resources include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Whitecap Resources vs.

Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and Whitecap Resources (TSE:WCP) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and community ranking.

Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its share price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitecap Resources has a beta of 2.67, indicating that its share price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Whitecap Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Tourmaline Oil and 1 mentions for Whitecap Resources. Tourmaline Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Whitecap Resources' score of 0.34 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Tourmaline Oil
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Whitecap Resources
0 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 30.75% compared to Whitecap Resources' net margin of 22.43%. Whitecap Resources' return on equity of 13.89% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Tourmaline Oil30.75% 10.86% 6.26%
Whitecap Resources 22.43%13.89%6.86%

47.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 23.8% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$78.41, suggesting a potential upside of 15.94%. Whitecap Resources has a consensus target price of C$13.61, suggesting a potential upside of 26.99%. Given Whitecap Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Whitecap Resources is more favorable than Tourmaline Oil.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.92
Whitecap Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline OilC$4.80B5.23C$1.48BC$4.2216.03
Whitecap ResourcesC$3.37B1.91C$755.30MC$1.258.58

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Whitecap Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 33.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Whitecap Resources pays out 58.4% 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.

Whitecap Resources received 188 more outperform votes than Tourmaline Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.59% of users gave Whitecap Resources an outperform vote while only 71.59% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Tourmaline OilOutperform Votes
829
71.59%
Underperform Votes
329
28.41%
Whitecap ResourcesOutperform Votes
1017
78.59%
Underperform Votes
277
21.41%

Summary

Tourmaline Oil beats Whitecap Resources on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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WCP vs. The Competition

MetricWhitecap ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$6.42BC$1.51BC$3.45BC$6.23B
Dividend Yield6.68%8.06%7.18%5.42%
P/E Ratio8.58135.27111.1125.68
Price / Sales1.9120,865.9015,567.751,452.58
Price / Cash353.7088.0370.3184.36
Price / Book1.151.441.582.76
Net IncomeC$755.30MC$105.56MC$381.17MC$288.91M
7 Day Performance5.00%3.02%2.98%2.14%
1 Month Performance2.98%3.03%2.50%0.63%
1 Year Performance11.90%28.34%22.92%33.02%

Whitecap Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WCP
Whitecap Resources
3.546 of 5 stars
C$10.72
+1.6%
C$13.61
+27.0%
+12.4%C$6.42BC$3.37B8.58542
TOU
Tourmaline Oil
2.6506 of 5 stars
C$67.82
+3.6%
C$78.41
+15.6%
+1.7%C$25.18BC$4.80B16.07389
OVV
Ovintiv
2.1422 of 5 stars
C$65.13
+1.9%
C$58.50
-10.2%
+6.7%C$17.17BC$10.30B6.671,740Analyst Revision
ARX
ARC Resources
3.1166 of 5 stars
C$26.97
+2.8%
C$30.96
+14.8%
+26.2%C$16.08BC$5.25B13.97438Insider Trade
News Coverage
Positive News
CPG
Crescent Point Energy
2.4422 of 5 stars
N/AC$14.94
+∞
N/AC$7.24BC$3.51B23.92777
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
3.5503 of 5 stars
C$30.30
+2.3%
C$30.80
+1.7%
+26.4%C$7.24BC$492.60M31.5665News Coverage
MEG
MEG Energy
3.2857 of 5 stars
C$26.77
+4.2%
C$32.55
+21.6%
+3.5%C$7.21BC$5.62B12.23449
SCR
Strathcona Resources
3.2519 of 5 stars
C$32.32
+1.4%
C$36.13
+11.8%
+47.0%C$6.92BC$4.74B7.41193Positive News
ERF
Enerplus
3.2094 of 5 stars
N/AC$24.57
+∞
N/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
POU
Paramount Resources
3.4003 of 5 stars
C$31.17
+1.0%
C$37.60
+20.6%
+16.6%C$4.57BC$1.79B13.20579Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
BTE
Baytex Energy
2.9744 of 5 stars
C$4.22
+0.5%
C$6.11
+44.8%
-18.7%C$3.40BC$3.43B-6.09220

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This page (TSE:WCP) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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