ATH vs. MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, 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), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), 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.
Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and profitability.
11.7% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Athabasca Oil 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 stock is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for MEG Energy and 1 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Athabasca Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
MEG Energy received 14 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 56.93% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its stock price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its stock price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$6.14, suggesting a potential upside of 22.61%. MEG Energy has a consensus target price of C$32.67, suggesting a potential upside of 15.59%. Given Athabasca Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than MEG Energy.
MEG Energy has a net margin of 10.58% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 3.63%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 13.20% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.
Summary
MEG Energy beats Athabasca Oil on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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