ATH vs. WCP, SCR, MEG, CPG, PSK, ERF, PEY, POU, NVA, and IPCO
Should you be buying Athabasca Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athabasca Oil include Whitecap Resources (WCP), Strathcona Resources (SCR), MEG Energy (MEG), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Paramount Resources (POU), NuVista Energy (NVA), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Athabasca Oil vs. Its Competitors
Whitecap Resources (TSE:WCP) and Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, risk, dividends, valuation, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
Whitecap Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Athabasca Oil. Whitecap Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Whitecap Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$13.86, suggesting a potential upside of 34.54%. Athabasca Oil has a consensus price target of C$6.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.82%. Given Whitecap Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Whitecap Resources is more favorable than Athabasca Oil.
Whitecap Resources has a net margin of 24.23% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 17.53%. Whitecap Resources' return on equity of 15.86% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.
24.7% of Whitecap Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.5% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Whitecap Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Whitecap Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Whitecap Resources and 1 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Whitecap Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Athabasca Oil's score of 0.00 indicating that Whitecap Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whitecap Resources has a beta of 0.66001, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athabasca Oil has a beta of 0.986338, indicating that its share price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Whitecap Resources beats Athabasca Oil on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:ATH) was last updated on 10/20/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff