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ARC Resources (ARX) Competitors

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C$26.03 +0.40 (+1.56%)
As of 02:26 PM Eastern

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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings and institutional ownership.

ARC Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$33.33, indicating a potential upside of 27.91%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus price target of C$27.90, indicating a potential upside of 12.55%. Given ARC Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Cenovus Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARC Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Cenovus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARC ResourcesC$6.24B2.43C$1.11BC$2.5310.30
Cenovus EnergyC$55.62B0.80C$3.69BC$1.4417.22

In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 2 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 1 mentions for ARC Resources. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.19 beat ARC Resources' score of 0.24 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
ARC Resources
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cenovus Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

43.2% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.4% 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, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ARC Resources has a beta of 0.28897, suggesting that its share price is 71% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 0.780337, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARC Resources20.95% 14.60% 7.88%
Cenovus Energy 6.72%12.67%7.58%

ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. 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.

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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ARX vs. The Competition

MetricARC ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$15.16BC$1.50BC$8.09BC$9.52B
Dividend Yield3.03%8.10%10.74%6.48%
P/E Ratio10.3087.9239.8525.96
Price / Sales2.435,168.051,292.9310.07
Price / Cash146.5086.6436.5483.29
Price / Book1.951.704.135.62
Net IncomeC$1.11BC$83.35MC$4.27BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.78%2.36%2.15%1.60%
1 Month Performance-1.81%4.51%5.29%9.12%
1 Year Performance16.03%20.09%17.21%36.86%

ARC Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ARX
ARC Resources
3.5739 of 5 stars
C$26.03
+1.6%
C$33.33
+28.1%
+11.8%C$15.14BC$6.24B10.29438
CVE
Cenovus Energy
3.9403 of 5 stars
C$23.61
+0.9%
C$27.90
+18.2%
+6.0%C$42.49BC$55.62B16.406,000
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$57.06
+0.3%
N/A+8.8%C$14.67BC$9.21B25.141,740Trending News
Analyst Revision
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
VRN
Veren
N/AN/AC$11.74
+∞
N/AC$5.60BC$3.83B5.20777
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.2804 of 5 stars
C$16.45
-0.4%
C$13.75
-16.4%
+92.7%C$4.82BC$193.59M137.0828,600Dividend Announcement
POU
Paramount Resources
3.1959 of 5 stars
C$21.63
+6.8%
C$24.33
+12.5%
-13.9%C$3.10BC$1.59B2.15579News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
IPCO
International Petroleum
0.887 of 5 stars
C$23.97
+1.9%
C$22.75
-5.1%
+34.9%C$2.69BC$809.28M54.48N/A
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5783 of 5 stars
C$3.34
+0.6%
C$4.68
+40.2%
-17.9%C$2.57BC$3.98B7.11220
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
AAV
Advantage Energy
1.6414 of 5 stars
C$11.66
+3.6%
C$12.83
+10.1%
+24.5%C$1.95BC$696.60M36.4483Positive News

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