PXT vs. NVA, VET, IPCO, FRU, ATH, PEY, HWX, AAV, BIR, and KEL
Should you be buying Parex Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parex Resources include NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), 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.
Parex Resources (TSE:PXT) and NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, valuation, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.
Parex Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than NuVista Energy. Parex Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuVista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
56.9% of Parex Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of Parex Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Parex Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$30.20, indicating a potential upside of 26.57%. NuVista Energy has a consensus target price of C$15.03, indicating a potential upside of 17.68%. Given Parex Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Parex Resources is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Parex Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for NuVista Energy and 0 mentions for Parex Resources. NuVista Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Parex Resources' score of 1.05 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Parex Resources has a net margin of 39.26% compared to NuVista Energy's net margin of 29.12%. Parex Resources' return on equity of 25.03% beat NuVista Energy's return on equity.
Parex Resources has a beta of 1.59, suggesting that its stock price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NuVista Energy received 344 more outperform votes than Parex Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 66.77% of users gave Parex Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats Parex Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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