Headwater Exploration (HWX) Competitors

Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) and Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Do analysts prefer CPG or HWX?

Headwater Exploration has a consensus price target of C$8.17, suggesting a potential upside of 8.02%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Crescent Point Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Point Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Headwater Exploration	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is CPG or HWX a better dividend stock?

Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share. Headwater Exploration pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Crescent Point Energy pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Headwater Exploration pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Headwater Exploration is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the media prefer CPG or HWX?

In the previous week, Crescent Point Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Headwater Exploration'saverage media sentiment score.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Point Energy	Neutral
Headwater Exploration	Neutral

Which has better earnings & valuation, CPG or HWX?

Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Headwater Exploration. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Headwater Exploration, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Crescent Point Energy	C$3.51B	0.00	C$215.70M	C$0.49	N/A
Headwater Exploration	C$636.59M	2.82	C$184.15M	C$0.78	9.69

Is CPG or HWX more profitable?

Headwater Exploration has a net margin of 35.52% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.65%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 28.63% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Point Energy	-1.65%	3.31%	2.86%
Headwater Exploration	35.52%	28.63%	17.83%

Which has more risk & volatility, CPG or HWX?

Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.84, suggesting that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headwater Exploration has a beta of 0.713074, suggesting that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CPG or HWX?

47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.8% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Headwater Exploration 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

Headwater Exploration beats Crescent Point Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.