NuVista Energy (NVA) Competitors

Alamos Gold (TSE:AGI) and NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, risk, institutional ownership and community ranking.

Which has higher earnings & valuation, AGI or NVA?

NuVista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Alamos Gold. NuVista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Alamos Gold, 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
Alamos Gold	C$879.15M	11.96	C$174.87M	C$0.84	42.33
NuVista Energy	C$1.22B	2.37	C$294.68M	C$1.43	9.85

Is AGI or NVA more profitable?

NuVista Energy has a net margin of 24.21% compared to Alamos Gold's net margin of 19.89%. NuVista Energy's return on equity of 13.51% beat Alamos Gold's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alamos Gold	19.89%	7.84%	5.85%
NuVista Energy	24.21%	13.51%	9.79%

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of AGI or NVA?

69.8% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alamos Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate AGI or NVA?

Alamos Gold presently has a consensus target price of C$40.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.92%. NuVista Energy has a consensus target price of C$17.28, suggesting a potential upside of 22.74%. Given NuVista Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe NuVista Energy is more favorable than Alamos Gold.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alamos Gold	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.29
NuVista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Which has more volatility and risk, AGI or NVA?

Alamos Gold has a beta of 1.1, meaning that its stock price is 10% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.57, meaning that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in AGI or NVA?

NuVista Energy received 167 more outperform votes than Alamos Gold when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 61.94% of users gave Alamos Gold an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alamos Gold	Outperform Votes 607 61.94%	Underperform Votes 373 38.06%
NuVista Energy	Outperform Votes 774 71.21%	Underperform Votes 313 28.79%

Does the media prefer AGI or NVA?

In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Alamos Gold. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for NuVista Energy and 1 mentions for Alamos Gold. Alamos Gold's average media sentiment score of 1.62 beat NuVista Energy's score of 0.33 indicating that Alamos Gold is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alamos Gold	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Very Positive
NuVista Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

NuVista Energy beats Alamos Gold on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.