NuVista Energy - NVA Competitors

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.

Do analysts recommend VET or NVA?

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.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Vermilion Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67
NuVista Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.60

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VET or NVA?

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.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Vermilion Energy	Outperform Votes 596 57.98%	Underperform Votes 432 42.02%
NuVista Energy	Outperform Votes 751 72.63%	Underperform Votes 283 27.37%

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, VET or NVA?

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.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Vermilion Energy	C$3.42 billion	0.81	C$1.31 billion	C$7.52	2.26
NuVista Energy	C$1.55 billion	1.58	C$631.04 million	C$2.44	4.61

Does the media refer more to VET or NVA?

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.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Vermilion Energy	Neutral
NuVista Energy	Negative

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of VET or NVA?

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.

Is VET or NVA more profitable?

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.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Vermilion Energy	38.45%	48.03%	21.25%
NuVista Energy	40.78%	37.44%	20.27%

Which has more volatility and risk, VET or NVA?

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.