Cenovus Energy (CVE) Competitors

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

Do analysts rate BP or CVE?

BP presently has a consensus target price of $35.28, suggesting a potential upside of 21.26%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus target price of $25.75, suggesting a potential upside of 92.26%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than BP.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BP	2 Sell rating(s)	15 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.27
Cenovus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is BP or CVE a better dividend stock?

BP pays an annual dividend of $1.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.55 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. BP pays out -413.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cenovus Energy pays out 51.4% 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. BP is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in BP or CVE?

BP received 545 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.95% of users gave BP an outperform vote while only 60.39% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BP	Outperform Votes 1199 66.95%	Underperform Votes 592 33.05%
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 654 60.39%	Underperform Votes 429 39.61%

Is BP or CVE more profitable?

Cenovus Energy has a net margin of 5.82% compared to BP's net margin of 0.20%. BP's return on equity of 10.96% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BP	0.20%	10.96%	3.24%
Cenovus Energy	5.82%	10.73%	5.69%

Does the media refer more to BP or CVE?

In the previous week, BP and BP both had 16 articles in the media. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat BP's score of 0.36 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BP	3 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	3 Negative mention(s)	2 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Cenovus Energy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, BP or CVE?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BP	$187.21B	0.42	$381M	-$0.46	-63.24
Cenovus Energy	$58.12B	0.42	$3.04B	$1.07	12.52

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in BP or CVE?

11.0% of BP shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of BP shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, BP or CVE?

BP has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats BP on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.