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OVV vs. EXE, WDS, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, AR, PR, and VNOM

Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Ovintiv vs.

Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:EXE) and Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability and community ranking.

Chesapeake Energy presently has a consensus target price of $126.63, suggesting a potential upside of 10.70%. Ovintiv has a consensus target price of $55.65, suggesting a potential upside of 56.05%. Given Ovintiv's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Ovintiv is more favorable than Chesapeake Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Chesapeake Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.7% of Ovintiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Ovintiv received 140 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.39% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 53.37% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Chesapeake EnergyOutperform Votes
34
69.39%
Underperform Votes
15
30.61%
OvintivOutperform Votes
174
53.37%
Underperform Votes
152
46.63%

Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Chesapeake Energy pays out -42.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 51.1% 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. Ovintiv has raised its dividend for 4 consecutive years. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 23 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Ovintiv and 3 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Chesapeake Energy's score of 0.52 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Chesapeake Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ovintiv
19 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.15% compared to Chesapeake Energy's net margin of 6.07%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 17.87% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Chesapeake Energy6.07% 2.74% 2.08%
Ovintiv 20.15%17.87%9.35%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Chesapeake Energy$5.34B5.09$2.42B-$5.36-21.34
Ovintiv$9.18B1.01$2.09B$2.3515.17

Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.46, meaning that its share price is 54% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 1.14, meaning that its share price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Ovintiv beats Chesapeake Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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OVV vs. The Competition

MetricOvintivCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$9.26B$7.61B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield3.19%24.04%11.01%3.83%
P/E Ratio4.7310.3854.5134.53
Price / Sales1.017.6725,483.8134.84
Price / Cash3.427.3835.5017.51
Price / Book0.941.573.544.69
Net Income$2.09B$1.09B$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.48%-1.67%-1.02%-2.43%
1 Month Performance5.97%3.51%5.87%6.27%
1 Year Performance-26.14%-14.93%178.74%5.78%

Ovintiv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6893 of 5 stars
$35.48
-0.5%
$55.65
+56.8%
-26.8%$9.21B$9.18B4.701,740Positive News
EXE
Chesapeake Energy
3.5354 of 5 stars
$110.92
-1.3%
$123.22
+11.1%
N/A$26.40B$5.34B68.471,000Analyst Upgrade
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
2.8222 of 5 stars
$13.49
+2.1%
N/A-23.9%$25.61B$13.18B16.454,380Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.9139 of 5 stars
$13.71
+3.6%
$25.75
+87.8%
-33.3%$24.99B$57.73B11.336,000Positive News
PBA
Pembina Pipeline
4.3153 of 5 stars
$36.96
-0.3%
$56.00
+51.5%
+1.4%$21.47B$8.01B15.272,670
CTRA
Coterra Energy
4.981 of 5 stars
$24.13
+3.2%
$33.75
+39.9%
-11.2%$18.44B$5.93B14.54980Positive News
Analyst Downgrade
EC
Ecopetrol
3.4894 of 5 stars
$8.30
+1.7%
$11.00
+32.6%
-28.6%$17.05B$133.39T3.9718,000
YPF
YPF Sociedad Anónima
2.853 of 5 stars
$35.54
+8.7%
$40.73
+14.6%
+66.0%$13.98B$19.42B17.9521,300Gap Down
High Trading Volume
AR
Antero Resources
4.0137 of 5 stars
$39.40
+1.8%
$42.39
+7.6%
+14.5%$12.23B$4.45B123.13590Positive News
PR
Permian Resources
4.8119 of 5 stars
$13.63
+4.7%
$18.67
+37.0%
-18.0%$10.95B$5.13B8.26220
VNOM
Viper Energy
4.0754 of 5 stars
$42.19
+4.0%
$56.31
+33.5%
+6.6%$8.99B$899.75M18.11711Positive News

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