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Headwater Exploration (HWX) Competitors

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C$6.96 -0.04 (-0.57%)
As of 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

HWX vs. CPG, MEG, PSK, ERF, PEY, ATH, POU, NVA, BTE, and IPCO

Should you be buying Headwater Exploration stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Headwater Exploration include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), MEG Energy (MEG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Paramount Resources (POU), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Headwater Exploration vs. Its Competitors

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

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

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Headwater ExplorationC$636.59M2.60C$184.15MC$0.788.92
Crescent Point EnergyC$3.51B0.00C$215.70MC$0.49N/A

In the previous week, Headwater Exploration had 6 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Headwater Exploration and 0 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Headwater Exploration's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Headwater Exploration is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Headwater Exploration Positive
Crescent Point Energy Neutral

Headwater Exploration currently has a consensus target price of C$8.67, suggesting a potential upside of 24.52%. Given Headwater Exploration's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Headwater Exploration is more favorable than Crescent Point Energy.

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

Headwater Exploration pays an annual dividend of C$0.42 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share. Headwater Exploration pays out 53.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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 is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

38.5% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Headwater Exploration shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Headwater Exploration35.52% 28.63% 17.83%
Crescent Point Energy -1.65%3.31%2.86%

Summary

Headwater Exploration beats Crescent Point Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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HWX vs. The Competition

MetricHeadwater ExplorationOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$1.70BC$1.43BC$7.86BC$9.82B
Dividend Yield6.14%8.04%10.87%6.50%
P/E Ratio8.92260.1473.4929.25
Price / Sales2.604,759.431,522.3711.33
Price / Cash8.0686.0436.5583.29
Price / Book2.411.764.695.70
Net IncomeC$184.15MC$82.71MC$4.28BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-3.73%-1.10%-0.23%0.15%
1 Month Performance-7.81%1.68%0.63%3.11%
1 Year Performance7.08%21.28%14.01%34.90%

Headwater Exploration Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
HWX
Headwater Exploration
3.4398 of 5 stars
C$6.96
-0.6%
C$8.67
+24.5%
+7.1%C$1.70BC$636.59M8.9235News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
CPG
Crescent Point Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.24BC$3.51B23.92777
MEG
MEG Energy
2.516 of 5 stars
C$28.24
-0.4%
C$30.33
+7.4%
+14.1%C$7.18BC$4.81B13.51449
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
3.0838 of 5 stars
C$26.23
+0.3%
C$29.33
+11.8%
-11.0%C$6.18BC$504.60M28.2065
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
2.227 of 5 stars
C$19.78
+2.3%
C$21.22
+7.3%
+25.0%C$3.97BC$1.01B11.9953News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ATH
Athabasca Oil
1.3042 of 5 stars
C$6.92
+1.8%
C$6.50
-6.1%
+23.2%C$3.44BC$1.46B8.05170
POU
Paramount Resources
4.0506 of 5 stars
C$23.45
+0.6%
C$25.21
+7.5%
-17.9%C$3.36BC$1.59B2.33579News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.8837 of 5 stars
C$16.53
+1.8%
C$17.62
+6.6%
+50.8%C$3.26BC$1.22B9.6788News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.3582 of 5 stars
C$3.54
+2.6%
C$4.68
+32.2%
-20.9%C$2.72BC$3.98B7.53220News Coverage
IPCO
International Petroleum
1.897 of 5 stars
C$24.20
-0.7%
C$22.75
-6.0%
+34.1%C$2.70BC$809.28M55.00N/A

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