CJ vs. PEY, ATH, POU, NVA, BTE, IPCO, FRU, AAV, BIR, and VET
Should you be buying Cardinal Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Cardinal Energy include Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Paramount Resources (POU), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), and Vermilion Energy (VET). 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 better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, risk and dividends.
Peyto Exploration & Development has higher revenue and earnings than Cardinal Energy. Peyto Exploration & Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cardinal Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 1 more articles in the media than Cardinal Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 0 mentions for Cardinal Energy. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Cardinal Energy's score of 1.15 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Cardinal Energy has a beta of 0.685823, indicating that its stock price is 31% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 0.195271, indicating that its stock price is 80% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
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 7.2%. Cardinal Energy pays out 130.9% 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 80.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
8.1% of Cardinal Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.7% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. 23.4% of Cardinal Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cardinal Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 1.01%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus price target of C$20.92, suggesting a potential upside of 14.05%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Peyto Exploration & Development is more favorable than Cardinal Energy.
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
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This page (TSE:CJ) was last updated on 9/5/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
