IPO vs. POU, ATH, NVA, BTE, FRU, IPCO, BIR, AAV, VET, and HWX
Should you be buying InPlay Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of InPlay Oil include Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Advantage Energy (AAV), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
InPlay Oil vs. Its Competitors
InPlay Oil (TSE:IPO) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation and risk.
Paramount Resources has higher revenue and earnings than InPlay Oil. Paramount Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than InPlay Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, InPlay Oil had 4 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for InPlay Oil and 1 mentions for Paramount Resources. InPlay Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Paramount Resources' score of 0.88 indicating that InPlay Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
InPlay Oil has a beta of 2.37, suggesting that its stock price is 137% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, suggesting that its stock price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500.
InPlay Oil presently has a consensus price target of C$9.38, indicating a potential downside of 12.87%. Paramount Resources has a consensus price target of C$24.33, indicating a potential upside of 18.58%. Given Paramount Resources' higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than InPlay Oil.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 18.92% compared to InPlay Oil's net margin of 12.95%. Paramount Resources' return on equity of 10.06% beat InPlay Oil's return on equity.
InPlay Oil pays an annual dividend of C$0.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.8%. InPlay Oil pays out 85.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
1.5% of InPlay Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 25.3% of InPlay Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Paramount Resources beats InPlay Oil on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
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Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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This page (TSE:IPO) was last updated on 8/6/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
