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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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This page (NYSE:OVV) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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