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$17.70 -0.11 (-0.60%)
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$17.77 +0.06 (+0.35%)
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CVE vs. APA, FANG, BTE, CNQ, COP, DVN, MUR, OVV, SU, and VET

Should you be buying Cenovus Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cenovus Energy include APA (APA), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Baytex Energy (BTE), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), ConocoPhillips (COP), Devon Energy (DVN), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), Suncor Energy (SU), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Cenovus Energy vs. Its Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation and risk.

APA currently has a consensus price target of $23.78, indicating a potential downside of 2.31%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus price target of $23.33, indicating a potential upside of 31.80%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Cenovus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 5.18%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA10.53% 20.98% 7.21%
Cenovus Energy 5.18%9.06%4.77%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$10.06B0.87$804M$2.998.14
Cenovus Energy$55.62B0.57$2.29B$1.0117.53

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.57 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cenovus Energy pays out 56.4% 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. Cenovus Energy has increased its dividend for 4 consecutive years. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are held 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.

APA has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 0.99, suggesting that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, APA had 16 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for APA and 7 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.29 beat APA's score of 0.30 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
5 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cenovus Energy
5 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

APA beats Cenovus Energy on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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CVE vs. The Competition

MetricCenovus EnergyOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$31.64B$33.34B$8.10B$21.35B
Dividend Yield3.38%4.01%10.74%3.52%
P/E Ratio17.5318.2039.9329.19
Price / Sales0.570.891,292.74104.21
Price / Cash5.418.2636.5424.47
Price / Book1.512.604.174.52
Net Income$2.29B$2.57B$4.27B$1.00B
7 Day Performance1.37%0.41%2.10%-1.35%
1 Month Performance5.82%5.17%5.24%2.04%
1 Year Performance4.11%11.52%17.20%13.83%

Cenovus Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.5937 of 5 stars
$17.70
-0.6%
$23.33
+31.8%
+2.7%$31.64B$55.62B17.537,150Positive News
High Trading Volume
APA
APA
2.4198 of 5 stars
$23.61
+0.6%
$23.78
+0.7%
-3.6%$8.45B$10.06B7.902,305Trending News
Analyst Revision
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9052 of 5 stars
$138.83
-0.6%
$193.39
+39.3%
-22.0%$40.19B$11.07B9.871,983Positive News
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.6131 of 5 stars
$2.42
-10.6%
$5.50
+127.7%
-20.9%$1.84B$3.07B7.32231News Coverage
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.5784 of 5 stars
$32.09
+1.6%
$62.00
+93.2%
-5.4%$66.97B$30.30B11.3810,640Positive News
Analyst Forecast
COP
ConocoPhillips
4.7119 of 5 stars
$92.11
+0.2%
$120.14
+30.4%
-12.3%$115.04B$57.80B12.3611,800Positive News
Analyst Forecast
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7134 of 5 stars
$33.77
-0.6%
$44.04
+30.4%
-14.2%$21.44B$17.16B7.572,300Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.3189 of 5 stars
$27.14
+2.3%
$29.54
+8.8%
-18.6%$3.87B$3.03B14.06690
OVV
Ovintiv
4.5032 of 5 stars
$41.35
+0.2%
$52.53
+27.0%
+5.1%$10.63B$9.21B18.301,623Positive News
Analyst Revision
SU
Suncor Energy
4.3821 of 5 stars
$41.78
+0.5%
$66.00
+58.0%
+11.0%$50.51B$37.32B12.8515,010Positive News
VET
Vermilion Energy
2.0362 of 5 stars
$7.73
+2.7%
N/A-17.1%$1.19B$1.45B-8.88720News Coverage
Positive News

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