ATH vs. MEG, SCR, CPG, WCP, PSK, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, and NVA
Should you be buying Athabasca Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athabasca Oil include MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
MEG Energy received 13 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.95% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Athabasca Oil. MEG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, indicating that its stock price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.18, indicating that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MEG Energy and MEG Energy both had 2 articles in the media. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 11.7% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
MEG Energy has a net margin of 10.58% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 3.63%. Athabasca Oil's return on equity of 13.20% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.
MEG Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$33.09, indicating a potential upside of 9.03%. Athabasca Oil has a consensus target price of C$6.14, indicating a potential upside of 19.74%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than MEG Energy.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Athabasca Oil on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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