CTRA vs. CNQ, EQNR, E, SU, EXE, WDS, CVE, PBA, EC, and YPF
Should you be buying Coterra Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Coterra Energy include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Equinor ASA (EQNR), ENI (E), Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Ecopetrol (EC), and YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Coterra Energy vs.
Canadian Natural Resources (NYSE:CNQ) and Coterra Energy (NYSE:CTRA) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, community ranking, analyst recommendations and valuation.
Coterra Energy has a net margin of 21.91% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 18.45%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 20.07% beat Coterra Energy's return on equity.
Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Coterra Energy. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Coterra Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.04, meaning that its share price is 4% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Coterra Energy has a beta of 0.33, meaning that its share price is 67% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Natural Resources currently has a consensus price target of $63.00, indicating a potential upside of 105.08%. Coterra Energy has a consensus price target of $33.50, indicating a potential upside of 34.54%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Coterra Energy.
74.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.9% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Coterra Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of $1.63 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.3%. Coterra Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 63.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Coterra Energy pays out 51.2% 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. Canadian Natural Resources has increased its dividend for 24 consecutive years and Coterra Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Canadian Natural Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources and Canadian Natural Resources both had 23 articles in the media. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.53 beat Coterra Energy's score of 1.39 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Natural Resources received 510 more outperform votes than Coterra Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.99% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote while only 53.89% of users gave Coterra Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources beats Coterra Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CTRA) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
