CJ vs. PEY, NVA, POU, ATH, BTE, AAV, BIR, FRU, IPCO, 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), NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Baytex Energy (BTE), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Cardinal Energy vs. Its Competitors
Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) and Cardinal Energy (TSE:CJ) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, earnings and risk.
Peyto Exploration & Development presently has a consensus target price of C$20.92, suggesting a potential upside of 3.24%. Cardinal Energy has a consensus target price of C$7.33, suggesting a potential upside of 9.13%. Given Cardinal Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Cardinal Energy is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 127 more outperform votes than Cardinal Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.34% of users gave Cardinal Energy an outperform vote while only 63.60% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.75, indicating that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cardinal Energy has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its stock price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 2 more articles in the media than Cardinal Energy. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 1 mentions for Cardinal Energy. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.04 beat Cardinal Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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.
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.
Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. Cardinal Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.72 per share and has a dividend yield of 10.7%. 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 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.
18.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.1% of Cardinal Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 23.4% of Cardinal Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Cardinal Energy on 14 of the 21 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 6/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
