CCO vs. PPL, TOU, OVV, ARX, MEG, ALA, KEY, CPG, PKI, and SCR
Should you be buying Cameco stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cameco include Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), AltaGas (ALA), Keyera (KEY), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Parkland (PKI), and Strathcona Resources (SCR). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Cameco (TSE:CCO) and Pembina Pipeline (TSE:PPL) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and profitability.
In the previous week, Pembina Pipeline had 13 more articles in the media than Cameco. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Pembina Pipeline and 3 mentions for Cameco. Cameco's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Pembina Pipeline's score of 0.53 indicating that Cameco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cameco presently has a consensus price target of C$72.67, suggesting a potential upside of 9.54%. Pembina Pipeline has a consensus price target of C$52.58, suggesting a potential upside of 11.39%. Given Pembina Pipeline's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Pembina Pipeline is more favorable than Cameco.
Pembina Pipeline has higher revenue and earnings than Cameco. Pembina Pipeline is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cameco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.4% of Cameco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.0% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Cameco shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Pembina Pipeline shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Pembina Pipeline has a net margin of 19.46% compared to Cameco's net margin of 13.94%. Pembina Pipeline's return on equity of 11.24% beat Cameco's return on equity.
Cameco has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its share price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pembina Pipeline has a beta of 1.48, suggesting that its share price is 48% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cameco pays an annual dividend of C$0.12 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.2%. Pembina Pipeline pays an annual dividend of C$2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Cameco pays out 14.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pembina Pipeline pays out 89.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Cameco received 70 more outperform votes than Pembina Pipeline when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.07% of users gave Cameco an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Pembina Pipeline an outperform vote.
Summary
Pembina Pipeline beats Cameco on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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