MEG vs. SCR, CPG, WCP, PSK, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, ATH, and VET
Should you be buying MEG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEG Energy include 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), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.
Strathcona Resources has a net margin of 13.85% compared to Strathcona Resources' net margin of 10.58%. Strathcona Resources' return on equity of 13.20% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.
MEG Energy received 308 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.24% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote while only 56.95% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Strathcona Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for MEG Energy and 0 mentions for Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that MEG Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
2.9% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 91.8% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Strathcona Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than MEG Energy. Strathcona Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Strathcona Resources presently has a consensus target price of C$34.57, suggesting a potential downside of 0.37%. MEG Energy has a consensus target price of C$33.09, suggesting a potential upside of 9.03%. Given Strathcona Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Strathcona Resources on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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