ATH vs. OVV, CPG, MEG, SCR, PSK, ERF, WCP, 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), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Whitecap Resources (WCP), 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 stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, valuation, earnings, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Ovintiv and 1 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Athabasca Oil's score of 0.37 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
17.4% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$6.33, indicating a potential upside of 13.30%. Given Athabasca Oil's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Ovintiv.
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.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, suggesting that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Ovintiv beats Athabasca Oil on 12 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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This page (TSE:ATH) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
