CVE vs. FANG, DVN, EC, E, CTRA, OXY, EQT, MRO, PXD, and OVV
Should you be buying Cenovus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cenovus Energy include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Ecopetrol (EC), ENI (E), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD), and Ovintiv (OVV). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.15, suggesting that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its share price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 37.36% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 7.88%. Diamondback Energy's return on equity of 19.56% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy received 704 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.12% of users gave Diamondback Energy an outperform vote while only 60.30% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 8 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Diamondback Energy's score of 0.97 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Diamondback Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Cenovus Energy. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cenovus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.41 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $3.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Cenovus Energy pays out 25.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 20.8% 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.
51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Cenovus Energy currently has a consensus target price of $26.67, indicating a potential upside of 24.26%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus target price of $202.53, indicating a potential downside of 2.52%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Diamondback Energy.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Cenovus Energy on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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