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Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) Competitors

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C$45.88 +0.33 (+0.72%)
As of 10/9/2025 04:29 PM Eastern

CNQ vs. SU, IMO, CVE, ARX, OVV, HSE, VRN, SSL, POU, and IPCO

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), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Paramount Resources (POU), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Canadian Natural Resources vs. Its Competitors

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 companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, dividends, risk and analyst recommendations.

Suncor Energy has a beta of 0.758343, indicating that its share price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 0.880488, indicating that its share price is 12% less 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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Suncor Energy15.15% 18.10% 7.01%
Canadian Natural Resources 21.25%19.14%8.80%

Suncor Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$63.83, suggesting a potential upside of 12.68%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus target price of C$54.64, suggesting a potential upside of 19.09%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Suncor Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Suncor Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Canadian Natural Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80

Suncor Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Canadian Natural Resources. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Suncor Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Suncor EnergyC$53.64B1.30C$7.92BC$4.5412.48
Canadian Natural ResourcesC$43.85B2.18C$7.52BC$3.9411.64

48.1% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.7% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 3 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Canadian Natural Resources' score of 0.73 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Suncor Energy
1 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Canadian Natural Resources
3 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Suncor Energy pays out 49.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 57.4% 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.

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Suncor 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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CNQ vs. The Competition

MetricCanadian Natural ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$95.46BC$1.49BC$8.04BC$9.67B
Dividend Yield5.14%7.97%10.74%6.48%
P/E Ratio11.64283.1777.9926.76
Price / Sales2.184,997.391,628.1511.60
Price / Cash85.8586.0436.7583.29
Price / Book2.441.854.865.74
Net IncomeC$7.52BC$82.71MC$4.27BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance3.33%1.01%0.31%0.93%
1 Month Performance6.11%3.82%4.44%6.73%
1 Year Performance-10.86%23.23%18.28%41.75%

Canadian Natural Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CNQ
Canadian Natural Resources
4.1778 of 5 stars
C$45.88
+0.7%
C$54.64
+19.1%
-8.4%C$95.46BC$43.85B11.6410,272News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
SU
Suncor Energy
4.0542 of 5 stars
C$58.42
-1.6%
C$63.67
+9.0%
+4.5%C$70.88BC$53.64B12.8716,600Positive News
Analyst Forecast
IMO
Imperial Oil
2.2996 of 5 stars
C$128.36
-1.2%
C$106.78
-16.8%
+16.8%C$65.34BC$47.18B14.155,300Analyst Forecast
CVE
Cenovus Energy
3.8697 of 5 stars
C$24.04
-2.9%
C$27.90
+16.1%
+5.1%C$43.27BC$55.62B16.696,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
ARX
ARC Resources
3.5264 of 5 stars
C$25.74
-0.3%
C$33.33
+29.5%
+8.4%C$14.97BC$6.24B10.17438Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$56.71
-5.7%
N/A-4.9%C$14.58BC$9.21B24.981,740
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802News Coverage
VRN
Veren
N/AN/AC$11.74
+∞
N/AC$5.60BC$3.83B5.20777
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.0593 of 5 stars
C$17.18
+0.5%
C$13.75
-20.0%
+115.6%C$5.04BC$193.59M143.1728,600
POU
Paramount Resources
3.1871 of 5 stars
C$22.78
-1.2%
C$25.21
+10.7%
-14.7%C$3.26BC$1.59B2.27579Dividend Announcement
IPCO
International Petroleum
1.4139 of 5 stars
C$23.59
-3.2%
C$22.75
-3.6%
+35.9%C$2.65BC$809.28M53.61N/ANews Coverage
Analyst Forecast
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