CPG vs. SCR, PSK, MEG, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying Crescent Point Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Point Energy include Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), MEG Energy (MEG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) and Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation and dividends.
In the previous week, Strathcona Resources and Strathcona Resources both had 11 articles in the media. Crescent Point Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Strathcona Resources' score of 0.14 indicating that Strathcona Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Crescent Point Energy received 824 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote while only 64.24% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote.
Crescent Point Energy has a net margin of 17.88% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of 13.85%. Crescent Point Energy's return on equity of 12.32% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.
2.9% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 91.8% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Crescent Point Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Point Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Strathcona Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$34.57, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Crescent Point Energy has a consensus price target of C$14.80, indicating a potential upside of 25.74%. Given Strathcona Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.
Summary
Crescent Point Energy beats Strathcona Resources on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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