Baytex Energy (BTE) Competitors

Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) and Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (TSE:HSE) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, earnings, institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and risk.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor BTE or HSE?

Baytex Energy received 81 more outperform votes than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 57.05% of users gave Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) an outperform vote while only 56.11% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Baytex Energy	Outperform Votes 510 56.11%	Underperform Votes 399 43.89%
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	Outperform Votes 429 57.05%	Underperform Votes 323 42.95%

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of BTE or HSE?

40.5% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Is BTE or HSE more profitable?

Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) has a net margin of 0.00% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -10.45%. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s return on equity of 0.00% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Baytex Energy	-10.45%	-8.96%	-0.08%
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	N/A	N/A	N/A

Is BTE or HSE a better dividend stock?

Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays an annual dividend of C$0.28 per share. Baytex Energy pays out -20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) pays out -2.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Baytex Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Do analysts prefer BTE or HSE?

Baytex Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$5.33, suggesting a potential upside of 120.16%. Given Baytex Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO).

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Baytex Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Does the media favor BTE or HSE?

In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 9 more articles in the media than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Baytex Energy and 0 mentions for Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)'s score of 0.00 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Baytex Energy	Positive
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	Neutral

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BTE or HSE?

Baytex Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO). Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO), indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Baytex Energy	C$3.33B	0.57	-C$347.90M	-C$0.44	-5.51
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)	C$14.69B	0.00	-C$11.47B	-C$11.41	N/A

Summary

Baytex Energy beats Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.