VET vs. NVA, PXT, ATH, PEY, FRU, IPCO, HWX, AAV, BIR, and KEL
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include NuVista Energy (NVA), Parex Resources (PXT), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), 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 better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation and risk.
24.8% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.8% of Vermilion Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Vermilion Energy shares are owned 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.
In the previous week, Vermilion Energy had 6 more articles in the media than NuVista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Vermilion Energy and 3 mentions for NuVista Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat NuVista Energy's score of 0.46 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.
NuVista Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$15.03, indicating a potential upside of 17.68%. Vermilion Energy has a consensus price target of C$21.54, indicating a potential upside of 33.47%. Given NuVista Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.85, indicating that its share price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.72, indicating that its share price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 29.12% compared to NuVista Energy's net margin of -12.98%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 18.16% beat NuVista 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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