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Paramount Resources (POU) Competitors

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C$26.86
-0.15 (-0.56%)
(As of 10/31/2024 ET)

POU vs. OVV, ARX, HSE, BTE, SSL, VET, IPCO, GBR, AAV, and VNR

Should you be buying Paramount Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Resources include Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Baytex Energy (BTE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Vermilion Energy (VET), International Petroleum (IPCO), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Valener (VNR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Paramount Resources vs.

Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings and media sentiment.

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paramount ResourcesC$1.79B2.21C$351.80MC$2.3611.44
OvintivC$10.30B1.40C$1.94BC$9.775.59

Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, meaning that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.7%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Paramount Resources pays out 76.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ovintiv pays out 16.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 8 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Ovintiv and 0 mentions for Paramount Resources. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Ovintiv's score of -0.17 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Paramount Resources Positive
Ovintiv Neutral

Paramount Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$37.25, indicating a potential upside of 37.91%. Ovintiv has a consensus price target of C$58.50, indicating a potential upside of 7.08%. Given Paramount Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paramount Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.82
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40

Paramount Resources has a net margin of 19.66% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 18.84%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.75% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paramount Resources19.66% 10.03% 5.97%
Ovintiv 18.84%19.75%8.59%

Paramount Resources received 363 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.61% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 52.34% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Paramount ResourcesOutperform Votes
403
52.34%
Underperform Votes
367
47.66%
OvintivOutperform Votes
40
60.61%
Underperform Votes
26
39.39%

Summary

Ovintiv beats Paramount Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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POU vs. The Competition

MetricParamount ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.96BC$1.45BC$3.90BC$6.02B
Dividend Yield6.46%7.89%7.00%5.40%
P/E Ratio11.44128.83104.4526.68
Price / Sales2.2125,310.1118,044.211,297.50
Price / Cash512.5080.8464.4782.37
Price / Book1.081.461.573.07
Net IncomeC$351.80MC$111.65MC$395.37MC$290.52M
7 Day Performance-0.37%-0.79%-0.79%-0.33%
1 Month PerformanceN/A-1.36%-1.01%4.02%
1 Year Performance-18.96%-5.10%2.87%50.51%

Paramount Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POU
Paramount Resources
3.846 of 5 stars
C$26.86
-0.6%
C$37.25
+38.7%
-18.5%C$3.94BC$1.79B11.38579Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
High Trading Volume
OVV
Ovintiv
2.1096 of 5 stars
C$53.74
-1.2%
C$58.50
+8.9%
-16.8%C$14.17BC$10.30B5.501,740Upcoming Earnings
ARX
ARC Resources
3.6193 of 5 stars
C$23.14
-1.9%
C$30.46
+31.7%
+7.8%C$13.80BC$5.25B11.99438Upcoming Earnings
News Coverage
Positive News
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.6916 of 5 stars
C$3.91
-1.5%
C$6.11
+56.3%
-33.4%C$3.15BC$3.43B-5.67220Gap Down
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
3.3817 of 5 stars
C$8.47
+0.5%
C$10.25
+21.0%
+32.6%C$2.52BC$170.01M60.5028,600Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
VET
Vermilion Energy
2.8245 of 5 stars
C$13.17
-1.5%
C$19.36
+47.0%
-33.4%C$2.05BC$1.81B-2.58720Upcoming Earnings
IPCO
International Petroleum
2.0162 of 5 stars
C$15.77
-0.6%
C$20.25
+28.4%
+12.8%C$1.90BC$881.28M8.30N/AGap Down
GBR
Great Bear Resources
N/AC$28.15
-2.3%
N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading Volume
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.8533 of 5 stars
C$8.91
+0.1%
C$13.21
+48.2%
-8.2%C$1.49BC$501.15M18.9683Earnings Report
Insider Buying
Analyst Revision
VNR
Valener
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$1.02BC$86.25M17.73381

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This page (TSE:POU) was last updated on 10/31/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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