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Athabasca Oil (ATH) Competitors

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C$5.85 +0.17 (+2.99%)
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ATH vs. OVV, CPG, SCR, MEG, WCP, PSK, ERF, PEY, POU, and NVA

Should you be buying Athabasca Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athabasca Oil include Ovintiv (OVV), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), MEG Energy (MEG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Paramount Resources (POU), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Athabasca Oil vs. Its Competitors

Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.05, meaning that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Athabasca Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$6.33, indicating a potential upside of 8.26%. Given Athabasca Oil's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Athabasca Oil
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
5 Strong Buy rating(s)
4.00

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Athabasca Oil. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Athabasca OilC$1.27B2.40C$221.88MC$0.4313.76
OvintivC$6.82B1.46C$1.39BC$10.915.00

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ovintiv and 2 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Ovintiv's score of -0.28 indicating that Athabasca Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

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

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 17.53%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Athabasca Oil17.53% 14.73% 9.71%
Ovintiv 20.34%19.62%8.59%

17.4% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

Ovintiv beats Athabasca Oil on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding ATH and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ATH vs. The Competition

MetricAthabasca OilOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$3.04BC$1.44BC$7.77BC$6.28B
Dividend Yield8.10%8.22%10.94%6.72%
P/E Ratio13.76259.3265.2864.88
Price / Sales2.40190,713.4242,445.741,254.72
Price / Cash6.5486.6436.1483.29
Price / Book1.891.684.044.88
Net IncomeC$221.88MC$83.35MC$4.25BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance5.98%0.96%1.87%1.11%
1 Month Performance3.72%1.16%3.53%5.62%
1 Year Performance8.94%35.23%14.69%26.03%

Athabasca Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATH
Athabasca Oil
0.425 of 5 stars
C$5.85
+3.0%
C$6.33
+8.3%
+4.8%C$3.04BC$1.27B13.76170
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$56.98
-0.7%
N/A-15.9%C$10.37BC$6.82B5.221,740Analyst Revision
CPG
Crescent Point Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.24BC$3.51B23.92777
SCR
Strathcona Resources
1.5223 of 5 stars
C$33.50
+2.0%
C$34.86
+4.1%
+4.4%C$7.17BC$2.46B19.32193News Coverage
High Trading Volume
MEG
MEG Energy
2.1184 of 5 stars
C$26.56
+0.9%
C$30.61
+15.3%
-2.4%C$6.88BC$5.39B14.07449
WCP
Whitecap Resources
3.6907 of 5 stars
C$9.68
+0.5%
C$13.00
+34.3%
+2.3%C$5.65BC$3.55B6.53542News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
2.8399 of 5 stars
C$23.57
+1.0%
C$30.83
+30.8%
-12.7%C$5.62BC$508.08M26.1165
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.481 of 5 stars
C$19.31
+0.3%
C$20.92
+8.3%
+28.9%C$3.83BC$915.70M13.0253
POU
Paramount Resources
3.7159 of 5 stars
C$21.84
+0.9%
C$23.67
+8.4%
-28.5%C$3.25BC$1.93B8.94579Analyst Forecast
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.3883 of 5 stars
C$14.13
+0.5%
C$17.14
+21.3%
+3.8%C$2.89BC$1.22B9.8888

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This page (TSE:ATH) was last updated on 7/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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