ATH vs. PEY, VET, NVA, PXT, IPCO, FRU, HWX, BTE, POU, and AAV
Should you be buying Athabasca Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athabasca Oil include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Baytex Energy (BTE), Paramount Resources (POU), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations and profitability.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 4 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Athabasca Oil's score of -0.31 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 30.95% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of -4.29%. Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity of 12.25% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.
17.8% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.1% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 182 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.13% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its stock price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus price target of C$6.00, suggesting a potential upside of 18.81%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus price target of C$16.27, suggesting a potential upside of 5.33%. Given Athabasca Oil's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Peyto Exploration & Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Athabasca Oil on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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