NVA vs. VET, PXT, ATH, PEY, IPCO, FRU, HWX, AAV, BIR, and KEL
Should you be buying NuVista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuVista Energy include Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) and Vermilion Energy (TSE:VET) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and profitability.
NuVista Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$15.03, suggesting a potential upside of 17.22%. Vermilion Energy has a consensus price target of C$21.54, suggesting a potential upside of 30.40%. Given Vermilion Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.85, meaning that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.71, meaning that its stock price is 171% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vermilion Energy had 14 more articles in the media than NuVista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for Vermilion Energy and 4 mentions for NuVista Energy. NuVista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Vermilion Energy's score of 0.35 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NuVista Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuVista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.7% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.4% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 22.9% of NuVista Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NuVista Energy received 149 more outperform votes than Vermilion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 29.12% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of -12.98%. NuVista Energy's return on equity of 18.16% beat Vermilion Energy's return on equity.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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