BTE vs. ARX, MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, ATH, and PEY
Should you be buying Baytex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baytex Energy include ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) and ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends, earnings and analyst recommendations.
Baytex Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$6.35, indicating a potential upside of 33.68%. ARC Resources has a consensus target price of C$30.54, indicating a potential upside of 30.16%. Given Baytex Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than ARC Resources.
ARC Resources has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -9.88%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 16.66% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 9 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Baytex Energy and 5 mentions for ARC Resources. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.98 beat ARC Resources' score of 0.49 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
ARC Resources received 112 more outperform votes than Baytex Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.61% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote while only 57.05% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote.
38.6% of Baytex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.6% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by 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.
ARC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.68 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Baytex Energy pays out -20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. ARC Resources pays out 34.2% 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 has a beta of 2.76, indicating that its share price is 176% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ARC Resources has a beta of 1.32, indicating that its share price is 32% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
ARC Resources beats Baytex Energy on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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