ARX vs. CVE, OVV, HSE, VRN, SSL, POU, IPCO, BTE, COP, and AAV
Should you be buying ARC Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ARC Resources include Cenovus Energy (CVE), Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Paramount Resources (POU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
ARC Resources vs. Its Competitors
ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
ARC Resources has a beta of 0.126719, suggesting that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 0.660606, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
46.0% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by company 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.
ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. ARC Resources pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cenovus Energy pays out 51.4% 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.
ARC Resources presently has a consensus target price of C$33.29, suggesting a potential upside of 31.48%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus target price of C$28.18, suggesting a potential upside of 15.97%. Given ARC Resources' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Cenovus Energy.
In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 8 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 5 mentions for ARC Resources. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat ARC Resources' score of -0.57 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than ARC Resources. ARC Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cenovus Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ARC Resources has a net margin of 20.95% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 6.72%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 14.60% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Cenovus Energy beats ARC Resources on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ARX) was last updated on 10/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
