Whitecap Resources (WCP) Competitors

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

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of 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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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 2.4%. Whitecap Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.73 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.2%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Whitecap Resources pays out 49.3% 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.

Do analysts recommend TOU or WCP?

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$76.18, suggesting a potential upside of 31.42%. Whitecap Resources has a consensus target price of C$13.13, suggesting a potential upside of 29.82%. Given Tourmaline Oil's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than Whitecap Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.78
Whitecap Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.14

Which has more volatility and risk, TOU or WCP?

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

Does the media refer more to TOU or WCP?

In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil had 13 more articles in the media than Whitecap Resources. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Tourmaline Oil and 4 mentions for Whitecap Resources. Whitecap Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.54 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.47 indicating that Whitecap Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tourmaline Oil	5 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	4 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Whitecap Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has preferable 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$5.77B	3.74	C$1.65B	C$4.43	13.09
Whitecap Resources	C$3.55B	1.66	C$860.11M	C$1.48	6.82

Is TOU or WCP more profitable?

Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 28.53% compared to Whitecap Resources' net margin of 24.23%. Whitecap Resources' return on equity of 15.86% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tourmaline Oil	28.53%	11.08%	6.26%
Whitecap Resources	24.23%	15.86%	6.86%

Summary

Tourmaline Oil beats Whitecap Resources on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.