ATH vs. SCR, MEG, CPG, PSK, ERF, PEY, NVA, POU, IPCO, and BTE
Should you be buying Athabasca Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athabasca Oil include Strathcona Resources (SCR), MEG Energy (MEG), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), International Petroleum (IPCO), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Athabasca Oil vs. Its Competitors
Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, dividends, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and valuation.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 1.163397, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strathcona Resources has a beta of 2.614012, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Athabasca Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$6.10, indicating a potential downside of 6.87%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus target price of C$34.86, indicating a potential downside of 5.74%. Given Strathcona Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Strathcona Resources is more favorable than Athabasca Oil.
32.4% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.2% of Athabasca Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.3% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by company 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, Athabasca Oil had 2 more articles in the media than Strathcona Resources. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Athabasca Oil and 1 mentions for Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.82 beat Athabasca Oil's score of 0.50 indicating that Strathcona Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Strathcona Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Strathcona Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Athabasca Oil has a net margin of 17.53% compared to Strathcona Resources' net margin of 15.04%. Athabasca Oil's return on equity of 14.73% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Strathcona Resources beats Athabasca Oil on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:ATH) was last updated on 9/16/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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