BTE vs. POU, ATH, PEY, VET, NVA, ERF, PXT, FRU, IPCO, and HWX
Should you be buying Baytex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baytex Energy include Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), Enerplus (ERF), Parex Resources (PXT), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, risk and dividends.
Baytex Energy received 112 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.21% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 52.38% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 26.13% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of -8.60%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of 13.67% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.
Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.31, indicating that its share price is 231% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.8, indicating that its share price is 180% more volatile than the S&P 500.
11.7% of Paramount Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 45.5% of Paramount Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 7 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Baytex Energy and 0 mentions for Paramount Resources. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Baytex Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Paramount Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Paramount Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$34.20, suggesting a potential upside of 24.41%. Baytex Energy has a consensus price target of C$6.65, suggesting a potential upside of 35.99%. Given Paramount Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.8%. Paramount Resources pays out 47.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Baytex Energy pays out -27.3% 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.
Summary
Paramount Resources and Baytex Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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