OVV vs. PR, MRO, CHK, AR, EQT, RRC, SWN, HESM, MTDR, and CHRD
Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include Permian Resources (PR), Marathon Oil (MRO), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Antero Resources (AR), EQT (EQT), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Permian Resources (NASDAQ:PR) and Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk and valuation.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Ovintiv received 101 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.52% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 49.47% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Permian Resources had 10 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Permian Resources and 21 mentions for Ovintiv. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Permian Resources' score of 0.56 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Ovintiv has a net margin of 18.12% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 13.90%. Permian Resources' return on equity of 17.74% beat Ovintiv's return on equity.
91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Permian Resources pays out 18.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 16.8% 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. Ovintiv has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Permian Resources has a beta of 4.32, indicating that its stock price is 332% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.64, indicating that its stock price is 164% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Permian Resources presently has a consensus target price of $19.38, indicating a potential upside of 16.99%. Ovintiv has a consensus target price of $56.71, indicating a potential upside of 13.55%. Given Ovintiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Summary
Permian Resources beats Ovintiv on 12 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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