HWX vs. PSK, ERF, WCP, PEY, NVA, POU, ATH, FRU, BTE, and BIR
Should you be buying Headwater Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headwater Exploration include PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Baytex Energy (BTE), and Birchcliff Energy (BIR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Headwater Exploration vs.
PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) and Headwater Exploration (TSE:HWX) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, risk, profitability, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and institutional ownership.
PrairieSky Royalty received 457 more outperform votes than Headwater Exploration when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 61.08% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote while only 55.26% of users gave Headwater Exploration an outperform vote.
PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 42.28% compared to Headwater Exploration's net margin of 35.52%. Headwater Exploration's return on equity of 28.63% beat PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity.
PrairieSky Royalty currently has a consensus price target of C$30.86, suggesting a potential upside of 34.22%. Headwater Exploration has a consensus price target of C$8.17, suggesting a potential upside of 31.72%. Given PrairieSky Royalty's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe PrairieSky Royalty is more favorable than Headwater Exploration.
PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.3%. Headwater Exploration pays an annual dividend of C$0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.5%. PrairieSky Royalty pays out 110.8% 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 51.3% 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.
66.0% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 32.4% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, PrairieSky Royalty had 1 more articles in the media than Headwater Exploration. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty and 1 mentions for Headwater Exploration. PrairieSky Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat Headwater Exploration's score of 0.26 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 1.78, suggesting that its stock price is 78% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Headwater Exploration has a beta of 1.55, suggesting that its stock price is 55% more volatile than the S&P 500.
PrairieSky Royalty has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Headwater Exploration. Headwater Exploration is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrairieSky Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
PrairieSky Royalty beats Headwater Exploration on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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