ATH vs. PEY, VET, NVA, PXT, FRU, POU, BTE, IPCO, HWX, and AAV
Should you be buying Athabasca Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athabasca Oil include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), Parex Resources (PXT), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), International Petroleum (IPCO), Headwater Exploration (HWX), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) and Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability.
17.1% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.7% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 2.5% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 30.95% compared to Peyto Exploration & Development's net margin of -4.29%. Athabasca Oil's return on equity of 12.25% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.
In the previous week, Athabasca Oil had 14 more articles in the media than Peyto Exploration & Development. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Athabasca Oil and 3 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.61 beat Peyto Exploration & Development's score of 0.28 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Peyto Exploration & Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 181 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.12% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote while only 56.53% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Peyto Exploration & Development currently has a consensus price target of C$16.11, indicating a potential upside of 7.93%. Athabasca Oil has a consensus price target of C$5.67, indicating a potential upside of 8.35%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.19, indicating that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Athabasca Oil on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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