CJ vs. BTE, PEY, NVA, ATH, VET, IPCO, PXT, FRU, AAV, and HWX
Should you be buying Cardinal Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cardinal Energy include Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), NuVista Energy (NVA), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Vermilion Energy (VET), International Petroleum (IPCO), Parex Resources (PXT), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Cardinal Energy (TSE:CJ) and Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, profitability, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment and valuation.
Cardinal Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$8.50, indicating a potential upside of 23.73%. Baytex Energy has a consensus target price of C$6.48, indicating a potential upside of 36.89%. Given Baytex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Cardinal Energy.
Cardinal Energy has a beta of 2.96, indicating that its share price is 196% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500.
4.2% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 38.6% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Cardinal Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Baytex Energy and 0 mentions for Cardinal Energy. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Cardinal Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cardinal Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cardinal Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cardinal Energy has a net margin of 21.40% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -9.88%. Cardinal Energy's return on equity of 11.47% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.
Baytex Energy received 44 more outperform votes than Cardinal Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.05% of users gave Cardinal Energy an outperform vote while only 57.11% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote.
Cardinal Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.6%. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Cardinal Energy pays out 110.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Baytex Energy pays out -20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Summary
Cardinal Energy beats Baytex Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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