CTRA vs. CNQ, EOG, PXD, OXY, E, CVE, FANG, DVN, EQT, and MRO
Should you be buying Coterra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coterra Energy include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), EOG Resources (EOG), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), ENI (E), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EQT (EQT), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) and Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, valuation and earnings.
87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Coterra Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Coterra Energy and 1 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.48 beat Coterra Energy's score of 1.43 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.21, suggesting that its share price is 79% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.5, suggesting that its share price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $3.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Coterra Energy pays out 48.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 61.6% 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.
Canadian Natural Resources received 551 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 69.22% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 40.00% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 23.34% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 18.21%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.58% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
Coterra Energy presently has a consensus price target of $33.73, suggesting a potential upside of 22.31%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus price target of $94.00, suggesting a potential upside of 33.62%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Coterra Energy.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources beats Coterra Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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