NVA vs. VET, ATH, GBR, LNR, MEQ, POU, CPG, MEG, PXT, and ELD
Should you be buying NuVista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuVista Energy include Vermilion Energy (VET), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Great Bear Resources (GBR), Linamar (LNR), Mainstreet Equity (MEQ), Paramount Resources (POU), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), MEG Energy (MEG), Parex Resources (PXT), and Eldorado Gold (ELD). These companies are all part of the "basic materials" sector.
NuVista Energy vs.
Vermilion Energy (TSE:VET) and NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) are both mid-cap basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
Vermilion Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$32.18, suggesting a potential upside of 89.42%. NuVista Energy has a consensus target price of C$16.22, suggesting a potential upside of 44.33%. Given Vermilion Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
NuVista Energy received 155 more outperform votes than Vermilion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.63% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 57.98% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote.
Vermilion Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NuVista Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuVista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Vermilion Energy had 3 more articles in the media than NuVista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Vermilion Energy and 1 mentions for NuVista Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat NuVista Energy's score of -1.00 indicating that Vermilion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
34.7% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.3% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.7% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 22.0% of NuVista Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 40.78% compared to Vermilion Energy's net margin of 38.45%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 48.03% beat NuVista Energy's return on equity.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.92, suggesting that its stock price is 192% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuVista Energy has a beta of 3.02, suggesting that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Vermilion Energy beats NuVista Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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