ARX vs. SU, IMO, CVE, OVV, HSE, VRN, SSL, POU, COP, and BTE
Should you be buying ARC Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARC Resources include Suncor Energy (SU), Imperial Oil (IMO), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Paramount Resources (POU), Coro Mining (COP), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
ARC Resources vs.
Suncor Energy (TSE:SU) and ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Suncor Energy has higher revenue and earnings than ARC Resources. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.1% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 39.0% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Suncor Energy received 117 more outperform votes than ARC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.74% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote.
ARC Resources has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 15.15%. Suncor Energy's return on equity of 18.10% beat ARC Resources' return on equity.
Suncor Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$62.73, suggesting a potential upside of 28.84%. ARC Resources has a consensus price target of C$32.29, suggesting a potential upside of 26.58%. Given Suncor Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than ARC Resources.
Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.5%. ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Suncor Energy pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% 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. Suncor Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.47, meaning that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, meaning that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Suncor Energy had 2 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Suncor Energy and 2 mentions for ARC Resources. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.47 beat ARC Resources' score of 0.37 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Suncor Energy beats ARC Resources on 14 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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