ARX vs. TOU, OVV, MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, and BTE
Should you be buying ARC Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARC Resources include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.
Tourmaline Oil received 200 more outperform votes than ARC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 65.85% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote.
Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.66%. ARC Resources has a consensus price target of C$29.85, indicating a potential upside of 19.19%. Given Tourmaline Oil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Tourmaline Oil.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Tourmaline Oil's net margin of 22.74%. Tourmaline Oil's return on equity of 16.66% beat ARC Resources' return on equity.
Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARC Resources has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its stock price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARC Resources pays out 34.2% 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.
In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil and Tourmaline Oil both had 2 articles in the media. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.56 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tourmaline Oil has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ARC Resources. ARC 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.
Summary
Tourmaline Oil beats ARC Resources on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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