NVA vs. MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, and ATH
Should you be buying NuVista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuVista Energy include MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), and Athabasca Oil (ATH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, risk, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability and community ranking.
NuVista Energy received 349 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 56.93% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
MEG Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 14.70%. NuVista Energy has a consensus price target of C$15.03, suggesting a potential upside of 9.29%. Given NuVista Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe MEG Energy is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 2 more articles in the media than NuVista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MEG Energy and 2 mentions for NuVista Energy. MEG Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat NuVista Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 26.88% compared to NuVista Energy's net margin of 10.58%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 15.57% beat NuVista Energy's return on equity.
MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, suggesting that its stock price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
41.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.2% of NuVista Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NuVista Energy. NuVista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats MEG Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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