Ovintiv (OVV) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, OVV or EXE?

Chesapeake Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings 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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Ovintiv	$9.15B	1.01	$2.09B	$4.20	8.46
Chesapeake Energy	$4.22B	5.84	$2.42B	-$4.12	-25.70

Which has more volatility & risk, OVV or EXE?

Ovintiv has a beta of 2.04, meaning that its stock price is 104% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.44, meaning that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts recommend OVV or EXE?

Ovintiv presently has a consensus price target of $55.76, indicating a potential upside of 57.00%. Chesapeake Energy has a consensus price target of $123.22, indicating a potential upside of 16.38%. Given Ovintiv's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ovintiv is more favorable than Chesapeake Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Chesapeake Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	15 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor OVV or EXE?

Ovintiv received 142 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 67.39% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 53.23% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ovintiv	Outperform Votes 173 53.23%	Underperform Votes 152 46.77%
Chesapeake Energy	Outperform Votes 31 67.39%	Underperform Votes 15 32.61%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in OVV or EXE?

83.8% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Does the media favor OVV or EXE?

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 10 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for Ovintiv and 11 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.99 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Ovintiv	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chesapeake Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is OVV or EXE more profitable?

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
Ovintiv	20.15%	17.87%	9.35%
Chesapeake Energy	6.07%	2.74%	2.08%

Is OVV or EXE a better dividend stock?

Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Ovintiv pays out 28.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chesapeake Energy pays out -55.8% 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.

Summary

Ovintiv beats Chesapeake Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.