TOU vs. OVV, ARX, MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, and BTE
Should you be buying Tourmaline Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tourmaline Oil include Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk and earnings.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 9 more articles in the media than Tourmaline Oil. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Ovintiv and 2 mentions for Tourmaline Oil. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.80 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 18.52%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 21.33% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.
53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tourmaline Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.66%. Ovintiv has a consensus target price of C$58.50, indicating a potential downside of 10.73%. Given Tourmaline Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Tourmaline Oil. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tourmaline Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tourmaline Oil received 785 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 58.06% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.
Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.67, suggesting that its stock price is 167% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 16.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Ovintiv beats Tourmaline Oil on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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