FRU vs. SCR, CPG, MEG, PSK, ERF, PEY, ATH, POU, IPCO, and NVA
Should you be buying Freehold Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freehold Royalties include Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), MEG Energy (MEG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Paramount Resources (POU), International Petroleum (IPCO), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Freehold Royalties vs. Its Competitors
Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, dividends, institutional ownership and earnings.
Strathcona Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Freehold Royalties. Strathcona Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Freehold Royalties pays an annual dividend of C$1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Strathcona Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.06 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Freehold Royalties pays out 142.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Strathcona Resources pays out 31.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
9.1% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.8% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Freehold Royalties shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.3% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Freehold Royalties has a beta of 0.641265, indicating that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Strathcona Resources has a beta of 2.614012, indicating that its share price is 161% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Freehold Royalties currently has a consensus price target of C$15.40, suggesting a potential upside of 16.58%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus price target of C$34.86, suggesting a potential downside of 8.32%. Given Freehold Royalties' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.
Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 42.42% compared to Strathcona Resources' net margin of 15.04%. Freehold Royalties' return on equity of 14.43% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, Strathcona Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Freehold Royalties. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Strathcona Resources and 1 mentions for Freehold Royalties. Freehold Royalties' average media sentiment score of 0.94 beat Strathcona Resources' score of 0.72 indicating that Freehold Royalties is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Freehold Royalties and Strathcona Resources tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:FRU) was last updated on 9/4/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
