CNQ vs. SU, IMO, CVE, ARX, OVV, HSE, VRN, POU, COP, and SSL
Should you be buying Canadian Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Natural Resources include Suncor Energy (SU), Imperial Oil (IMO), Cenovus Energy (CVE), ARC Resources (ARX), Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Paramount Resources (POU), Coro Mining (COP), and Sandstorm Gold (SSL). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Canadian Natural Resources vs.
Suncor Energy (TSE:SU) and Canadian Natural Resources (TSE:CNQ) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, dividends, earnings, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 1 mentions for Suncor Energy. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.77 beat Suncor Energy's score of 0.13 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Suncor Energy presently has a consensus price target of C$62.58, suggesting a potential upside of 27.63%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus price target of C$54.08, suggesting a potential upside of 26.57%. Given Suncor Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Canadian Natural Resources.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.47, indicating that its stock price is 47% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Natural Resources has a net margin of 21.25% compared to Suncor Energy's net margin of 15.15%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 19.14% beat Suncor Energy's return on equity.
Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.4%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Suncor Energy pays out 34.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 59.4% 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.
Suncor Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Natural Resources. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
73.1% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Natural Resources received 17 more outperform votes than Suncor Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.33% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 58.54% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources beats Suncor Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:CNQ) was last updated on 5/21/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
