BTE vs. POU, PEY, ERF, ATH, NVA, VET, PXT, WCP, FRU, and IPCO
Should you be buying Baytex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baytex Energy include Paramount Resources (POU), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Enerplus (ERF), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Freehold Royalties (FRU), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, earnings and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Paramount Resources had 11 more articles in the media than Baytex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Paramount Resources and 2 mentions for Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat Paramount Resources' score of -0.01 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Baytex Energy received 108 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.13% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
12.7% of Paramount Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.0% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 45.8% of Paramount Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of -8.60%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of 13.67% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.
Paramount Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$35.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.70%. Baytex Energy has a consensus target price of C$6.53, indicating a potential upside of 35.37%. Given Paramount Resources' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Paramount Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.7%. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Paramount Resources pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baytex Energy pays out -27.3% 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.
Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.23, indicating that its share price is 223% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Paramount Resources beats Baytex Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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