Parkland (PKIUF) Competitors

Ampol (OTCMKTS:CTXAF) and Parkland (OTCMKTS:PKIUF) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, dividends, risk, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and analyst recommendations.

Does the media refer more to CTXAF or PKIUF?

In the previous week, Parkland had 1 more articles in the media than Ampol. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Parkland and 0 mentions for Ampol. Parkland's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Ampol's score of 0.00 indicating that Parkland is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Ampol	Neutral
Parkland	Positive

Is CTXAF or PKIUF more profitable?

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Ampol	N/A	N/A	N/A
Parkland	N/A	N/A	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in CTXAF or PKIUF?

Parkland received 45 more outperform votes than Ampol when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.25% of users gave Parkland an outperform vote while only 57.14% of users gave Ampol an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Ampol	Outperform Votes 8 57.14%	Underperform Votes 6 42.86%
Parkland	Outperform Votes 53 66.25%	Underperform Votes 27 33.75%

Is CTXAF or PKIUF a better dividend stock?

Ampol pays an annual dividend of $0.17 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. Parkland pays an annual dividend of $0.99 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Ampol pays out 9.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Parkland pays out 132.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CTXAF or PKIUF?

10.2% of Ampol shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 33.3% of Parkland shares are held by institutional investors. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, CTXAF or PKIUF?

Ampol is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Parkland, 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
Ampol	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.84	11.31
Parkland	N/A	N/A	N/A	$0.75	33.89

Do analysts recommend CTXAF or PKIUF?

Parkland has a consensus target price of $39.57, suggesting a potential upside of 56.44%. Given Parkland's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Parkland is more favorable than Ampol.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Ampol	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Parkland	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Summary

Parkland beats Ampol on 8 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.