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$39.60 +0.67 (+1.72%)
Closing price 08/12/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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OVV vs. APA, CHRD, FANG, DVN, EOG, MGY, MTDR, MUR, PR, and SM

Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Permian Resources (PR), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Ovintiv vs. Its Competitors

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

Ovintiv has lower revenue, but higher earnings than APA. APA 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
APA$9.74B0.75$804M$2.996.84
Ovintiv$9.15B1.11$1.13B$2.2617.52

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 6.46%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Ovintiv's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA10.53% 20.98% 7.21%
Ovintiv 6.46%14.24%7.52%

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 53.1% 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. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

APA has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its share price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500.

APA presently has a consensus target price of $23.59, indicating a potential upside of 15.40%. Ovintiv has a consensus target price of $53.47, indicating a potential upside of 35.02%. Given Ovintiv's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Ovintiv is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
12 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.06

In the previous week, APA had 26 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for APA and 7 mentions for Ovintiv. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 1.70 beat APA's score of 0.89 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Ovintiv
7 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Very Positive

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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OVV vs. The Competition

MetricOvintivOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$10.01B$9.56B$7.71B$20.66B
Dividend Yield3.08%3.89%10.95%3.66%
P/E Ratio17.5214.3276.6128.37
Price / Sales1.113.5723,635.6560.41
Price / Cash2.635.1835.9022.93
Price / Book0.980.974.155.38
Net Income$1.13B$695.66M$4.26B$994.60M
7 Day Performance0.15%2.04%0.62%1.47%
1 Month Performance-5.55%0.03%0.28%0.48%
1 Year Performance-6.80%38.50%10.05%14.95%

Ovintiv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OVV
Ovintiv
4.8899 of 5 stars
$39.60
+1.7%
$53.47
+35.0%
-8.1%$10.01B$9.15B17.521,623Positive News
APA
APA
3.2113 of 5 stars
$19.92
-0.4%
$23.59
+18.4%
-30.0%$7.13B$9.74B6.662,305Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5559 of 5 stars
$99.41
-1.6%
$151.54
+52.4%
-34.7%$5.74B$5.30B25.30530Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9369 of 5 stars
$136.84
-3.7%
$191.59
+40.0%
-31.2%$39.61B$14.01B9.731,983Dividend Announcement
Insider Trade
DVN
Devon Energy
4.9427 of 5 stars
$32.87
-1.2%
$43.93
+33.6%
-26.5%$20.86B$15.94B7.372,300Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
EOG
EOG Resources
4.5254 of 5 stars
$116.81
+0.5%
$140.62
+20.4%
-8.5%$63.77B$23.70B11.353,150Positive News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.4663 of 5 stars
$23.15
-1.5%
$26.67
+15.2%
-4.4%$4.42B$1.32B12.12210
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3756 of 5 stars
$46.25
-0.6%
$68.00
+47.0%
-15.5%$5.76B$3.77B6.77290Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.9581 of 5 stars
$22.65
-2.6%
$29.46
+30.1%
-38.2%$3.23B$2.78B11.74690Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
PR
Permian Resources
4.7334 of 5 stars
$12.99
-2.1%
$18.47
+42.2%
-10.6%$10.44B$5.09B8.43220Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
SM
SM Energy
4.6376 of 5 stars
$25.69
-2.1%
$42.50
+65.4%
-39.4%$2.95B$2.69B3.63540Positive News

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