Whitecap Resources (WCP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in TOU or WCP?

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

Is TOU or WCP a better dividend stock?

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Whitecap Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.5%. 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.

Does the media refer more to TOU or WCP?

In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil had 8 more articles in the media than Whitecap Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Tourmaline Oil and 1 mentions for Whitecap Resources. Tourmaline Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Whitecap Resources' score of 0.00 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	0 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Whitecap Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, TOU or WCP?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline Oil	C$4.80B	4.82	C$1.48B	C$4.22	14.77
Whitecap Resources	C$3.37B	1.74	C$755.30M	C$1.25	7.81

Do analysts prefer TOU or WCP?

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$78.42, suggesting a potential upside of 25.83%. Whitecap Resources has a consensus price target of C$13.61, suggesting a potential upside of 39.48%. Given Whitecap Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly 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

Is TOU or WCP more profitable?

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 Oil	30.75%	10.86%	6.26%
Whitecap Resources	22.43%	13.89%	6.86%

Which has more volatility & risk, TOU or WCP?

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

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in TOU or WCP?

Whitecap Resources received 187 more outperform votes than Tourmaline Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.59% of users gave Whitecap Resources an outperform vote while only 71.49% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tourmaline Oil	Outperform Votes 830 71.49%	Underperform Votes 331 28.51%
Whitecap Resources	Outperform 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.