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Birchcliff Energy (BIR) Competitors

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C$6.96 -0.04 (-0.57%)
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BIR vs. CPG, MEG, SCR, PSK, ERF, WCP, PEY, POU, NVA, and ATH

Should you be buying Birchcliff Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Birchcliff Energy include 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), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Athabasca Oil (ATH). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Birchcliff Energy vs. Its Competitors

Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) and Birchcliff Energy (TSE:BIR) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, valuation, risk, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Birchcliff Energy has a consensus target price of C$7.34, indicating a potential upside of 5.51%. Given Birchcliff Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Birchcliff Energy is more favorable than Crescent Point Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Crescent Point Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
Birchcliff Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.33

Birchcliff Energy has a net margin of 2.04% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.65%. Crescent Point Energy's return on equity of 3.31% beat Birchcliff Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Crescent Point Energy-1.65% 3.31% 2.86%
Birchcliff Energy 2.04%0.70%1.82%

Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share. Birchcliff Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Crescent Point Energy pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Birchcliff Energy pays out 700.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

In the previous week, Birchcliff Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Birchcliff Energy and 0 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Birchcliff Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.21 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Birchcliff Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Crescent Point Energy Neutral
Birchcliff Energy Neutral

Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Birchcliff Energy. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Birchcliff Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Point EnergyC$3.51B0.00C$215.70MC$0.49N/A
Birchcliff EnergyC$757.80M2.49C$15.45MC$0.06121.91

47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 16.4% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Birchcliff Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.84, suggesting that its stock price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Birchcliff Energy has a beta of 1.93, suggesting that its stock price is 93% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Birchcliff Energy beats Crescent Point Energy on 10 of the 18 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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BIR vs. The Competition

MetricBirchcliff EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.89BC$1.44BC$7.66BC$6.19B
Dividend Yield6.78%8.22%10.98%6.72%
P/E Ratio121.91246.2761.9253.15
Price / Sales2.4998,940.0721,875.181,119.98
Price / CashN/A86.6436.2583.29
Price / Book0.861.663.714.67
Net IncomeC$15.45MC$83.35MC$4.21BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.47%1.80%0.92%0.67%
1 Month Performance-0.43%2.78%3.93%3.56%
1 Year Performance14.66%32.08%101.11%27.50%

Birchcliff Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
BIR
Birchcliff Energy
1.5118 of 5 stars
C$6.96
-0.6%
C$7.34
+5.5%
+10.8%C$1.89BC$757.80M121.91218
CPG
Crescent Point Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.24BC$3.51B23.92777
MEG
MEG Energy
2.146 of 5 stars
C$25.73
+0.0%
C$30.61
+19.0%
-9.8%C$6.67BC$5.39B13.63449
SCR
Strathcona Resources
2.8493 of 5 stars
C$30.05
-0.7%
C$35.75
+19.0%
-5.8%C$6.43BC$2.46B17.33193Positive News
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
4.2324 of 5 stars
C$23.62
+0.6%
C$30.86
+30.6%
-11.2%C$5.63BC$508.08M26.1665Positive News
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
WCP
Whitecap Resources
4.3864 of 5 stars
C$9.15
+0.4%
C$12.88
+40.7%
-6.7%C$5.34BC$3.55B6.17542
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.7116 of 5 stars
C$19.45
-0.3%
C$20.92
+7.5%
+29.5%C$3.86BC$915.70M13.1153
POU
Paramount Resources
3.48 of 5 stars
C$21.67
-0.7%
C$23.67
+9.2%
-31.1%C$3.23BC$1.93B8.87579Dividend Announcement
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.6188 of 5 stars
C$14.98
+1.6%
C$17.14
+14.4%
+1.1%C$3.07BC$1.22B10.4788Positive News
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ATH
Athabasca Oil
1.6021 of 5 stars
C$5.64
+0.5%
C$6.33
+12.3%
+11.0%C$2.93BC$1.27B13.27170Quiet Period Expiration

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This page (TSE:BIR) was last updated on 7/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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