NVA vs. MEG, CPG, SCR, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, ATH, and PEY
Should you be buying NuVista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuVista Energy include MEG Energy (MEG), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) and MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than NuVista Energy. NuVista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NuVista Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$16.23, indicating a potential upside of 21.90%. MEG Energy has a consensus target price of C$33.08, indicating a potential upside of 18.83%. Given NuVista Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe NuVista Energy is more favorable than MEG Energy.
24.8% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.4% of MEG Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 20.2% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 26.88% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 10.58%. NuVista Energy's return on equity of 15.57% beat MEG Energy's return on equity.
NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, MEG Energy had 6 more articles in the media than NuVista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for MEG Energy and 2 mentions for NuVista Energy. NuVista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.61 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
NuVista Energy received 352 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.88% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 56.77% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats MEG Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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