Athabasca Oil (ATH) 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.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, WCP or ATH?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Whitecap Resources	C$4.42B	2.87	C$860.11M	C$1.46	7.05
Athabasca Oil	C$1.46B	2.17	C$221.88M	C$0.86	7.40

Do analysts recommend WCP or ATH?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Whitecap Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
Athabasca Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Is WCP or ATH more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Whitecap Resources	24.23%	15.86%	6.86%
Athabasca Oil	17.53%	14.73%	9.71%

Do institutionals and insiders have more ownership in WCP or ATH?

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.

Does the media favor WCP or ATH?

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.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Whitecap Resources	0 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Athabasca Oil	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has more volatility & risk, WCP or ATH?

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.