ARC Resources (ARX) Competitors

ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Suncor Energy (TSE:SU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, dividends and earnings.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer ARX or SU?

Suncor Energy received 115 more outperform votes than ARC Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.82% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote while only 59.29% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
ARC Resources	Outperform Votes 632 64.82%	Underperform Votes 343 35.18%
Suncor Energy	Outperform Votes 747 59.29%	Underperform Votes 513 40.71%

Does the media favor ARX or SU?

In the previous week, Suncor Energy had 3 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Suncor Energy and 4 mentions for ARC Resources. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.89 beat ARC Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
ARC Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Suncor Energy	3 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts rate ARX or SU?

ARC Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$33.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.18%. Suncor Energy has a consensus price target of C$62.58, suggesting a potential upside of 13.48%. Given Suncor Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than ARC Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
ARC Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.13
Suncor Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of ARX or SU?

39.0% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.1% of Suncor Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Suncor Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more risk & volatility, ARX or SU?

ARC Resources has a beta of 1.26, suggesting that its share price is 26% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.47, suggesting that its share price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is ARX or SU a better dividend stock?

ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. ARC Resources pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Suncor Energy pays out 34.4% 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. Suncor Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ARX or SU more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
ARC Resources	20.95%	14.60%	7.88%
Suncor Energy	15.15%	18.10%	7.01%

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ARX or SU?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
ARC Resources	C$5.31B	3.40	C$1.11B	C$1.90	16.17
Suncor Energy	C$52.29B	1.32	C$7.92B	C$6.33	8.71

Summary

Suncor Energy beats ARC Resources on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.