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Athabasca Oil (ATH) Competitors

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C$6.36 +0.05 (+0.79%)
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Whitecap ResourcesC$4.42B2.87C$860.11MC$1.467.05
Athabasca OilC$1.46B2.17C$221.88MC$0.867.40

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

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 Resources24.23% 15.86% 6.86%
Athabasca Oil 17.53%14.73%9.71%

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.

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

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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$3.13BC$1.41BC$7.70BC$9.72B
Dividend Yield8.10%8.07%10.88%6.51%
P/E Ratio7.4015.5617.2329.59
Price / Sales2.174,806.641,439.8411.83
Price / Cash6.5486.0436.1883.29
Price / Book2.051.784.605.76
Net IncomeC$221.88MC$82.88MC$4.26BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.64%-1.56%-0.96%1.10%
1 Month Performance-2.15%1.35%1.11%4.19%
1 Year Performance24.22%21.15%14.82%37.27%

Athabasca Oil Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ATH
Athabasca Oil
1.2925 of 5 stars
C$6.36
+0.8%
C$6.67
+4.8%
+23.2%C$3.13BC$1.46B7.40170
WCP
Whitecap Resources
3.9396 of 5 stars
C$10.51
-2.8%
C$13.86
+31.8%
+1.4%C$12.95BC$4.42B7.20542Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SCR
Strathcona Resources
1.7754 of 5 stars
C$35.39
-3.9%
C$34.86
-1.5%
+32.8%C$7.58BC$5.30B10.63193News Coverage
MEG
MEG Energy
2.5523 of 5 stars
C$29.80
-2.3%
C$30.33
+1.8%
+14.1%C$7.58BC$4.81B14.26449High Trading Volume
CPG
Crescent Point Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.24BC$3.51B23.92777
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
2.542 of 5 stars
C$24.87
-1.9%
C$29.29
+17.8%
-11.0%C$5.86BC$504.60M26.7465
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.9107 of 5 stars
C$18.95
-4.2%
C$21.22
+12.0%
+25.0%C$3.80BC$1.01B11.4853Positive News
POU
Paramount Resources
4.0641 of 5 stars
C$22.30
-4.6%
C$25.21
+13.1%
-17.9%C$3.20BC$1.59B2.22579Positive News
Dividend Announcement
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.9017 of 5 stars
C$15.93
-3.0%
C$17.84
+12.0%
+50.8%C$3.14BC$1.22B9.3288Positive News
IPCO
International Petroleum
1.2908 of 5 stars
C$22.43
-5.2%
C$23.00
+2.5%
+34.1%C$2.52BC$809.28M50.98N/AGap Down

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