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Cardinal Energy (CJ) Competitors

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C$7.25 -0.02 (-0.28%)
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CJ vs. PEY, POU, ATH, NVA, BTE, FRU, IPCO, BIR, AAV, and HWX

Should you be buying Cardinal Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cardinal Energy include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Cardinal Energy vs. Its Competitors

Cardinal Energy (TSE:CJ) and Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, earnings, analyst recommendations and valuation.

Peyto Exploration & Development has higher revenue and earnings than Cardinal Energy. Cardinal Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cardinal EnergyC$527.32M2.19C$103.21MC$0.6511.20
Peyto Exploration & DevelopmentC$915.70M4.19C$293.72MC$1.4813.04

In the previous week, Cardinal Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Peyto Exploration & Development. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Cardinal Energy and 0 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.31 beat Cardinal Energy's score of 0.81 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Cardinal Energy Positive
Peyto Exploration & Development Positive

5.1% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 18.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 23.4% of Cardinal Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Cardinal Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.9%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Cardinal Energy pays out 111.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 89.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.

Cardinal Energy has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Cardinal Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$7.33, indicating a potential upside of 1.15%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus target price of C$20.92, indicating a potential upside of 8.10%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Peyto Exploration & Development is more favorable than Cardinal Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cardinal Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Peyto Exploration & Development
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Cardinal Energy's net margin of 19.57%. Cardinal Energy's return on equity of 11.24% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cardinal Energy19.57% 11.24% 8.80%
Peyto Exploration & Development 32.08%10.72%6.40%

Summary

Peyto Exploration & Development beats Cardinal Energy on 11 of the 17 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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CJ vs. The Competition

MetricCardinal EnergyOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.16BC$1.44BC$7.88BC$6.31B
Dividend Yield11.21%8.22%10.94%6.72%
P/E Ratio11.20266.0366.8775.38
Price / Sales2.19179,198.6739,820.461,359.95
Price / Cash280.7786.6436.2483.29
Price / Book1.261.694.004.89
Net IncomeC$103.21MC$83.35MC$4.26BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance2.69%0.46%1.33%1.18%
1 Month Performance8.05%1.44%4.09%5.58%
1 Year Performance4.02%33.99%14.12%26.97%

Cardinal Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CJ
Cardinal Energy
1.5206 of 5 stars
C$7.25
-0.3%
C$7.33
+1.1%
+4.8%C$1.16BC$527.32M11.20180Dividend Announcement
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.677 of 5 stars
C$18.75
-3.5%
C$20.92
+11.6%
+33.7%C$3.72BC$915.70M12.6453Positive News
POU
Paramount Resources
3.6773 of 5 stars
C$21.05
-2.3%
C$23.67
+12.4%
-27.4%C$3.13BC$1.93B8.62579Analyst Forecast
ATH
Athabasca Oil
0.5586 of 5 stars
C$5.55
-0.5%
C$6.33
+14.1%
+8.9%C$2.89BC$1.27B13.06170News Coverage
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.5531 of 5 stars
C$13.72
-2.6%
C$17.14
+24.9%
+7.6%C$2.81BC$1.22B9.5988Positive News
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.2472 of 5 stars
C$2.65
-1.5%
C$4.68
+76.7%
-41.6%C$2.09BC$3.33B-6.03220Positive News
FRU
Freehold Royalties
1.9262 of 5 stars
C$13.14
-0.8%
C$15.40
+17.2%
-3.7%C$1.98BC$311.95M14.89N/ADividend Announcement
IPCO
International Petroleum
N/AC$22.33
-0.4%
C$21.67
-3.0%
+20.9%C$1.88BC$621.26M18.90N/A
BIR
Birchcliff Energy
1.627 of 5 stars
C$6.77
-2.4%
C$7.34
+8.5%
+11.8%C$1.84BC$757.80M118.58218Positive News
AAV
Advantage Energy
1.002 of 5 stars
C$10.88
-4.3%
C$12.83
+18.0%
+11.4%C$1.81BC$505.16M39.6283News Coverage
HWX
Headwater Exploration
3.1817 of 5 stars
C$7.08
-1.0%
C$8.17
+15.3%
+4.2%C$1.68BC$518.46M9.0835News Coverage
Positive News
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This page (TSE:CJ) was last updated on 7/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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