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Ovintiv (OVV) Competitors

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C$50.39 -0.82 (-1.60%)
As of 10/17/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

OVV vs. CVE, ARX, HSE, VRN, SSL, POU, IPCO, BTE, COP, and AAV

Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include Cenovus Energy (CVE), ARC Resources (ARX), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Veren (VRN), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Paramount Resources (POU), International Petroleum (IPCO), Baytex Energy (BTE), Coro Mining (COP), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Ovintiv vs. Its Competitors

Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) and Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, dividends, media sentiment, valuation and profitability.

Ovintiv has a beta of 0.913327, indicating that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 0.660606, indicating that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.1%. Ovintiv pays out 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cenovus Energy pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Cenovus Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

57.7% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 32.0% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 6.72%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Ovintiv20.34% 19.62% 8.59%
Cenovus Energy 6.72%12.67%7.58%

Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Ovintiv. Cenovus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ovintiv, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
OvintivC$9.21B1.41C$1.39BC$2.2722.20
Cenovus EnergyC$55.62B0.75C$3.69BC$1.4416.35

Cenovus Energy has a consensus price target of C$28.18, suggesting a potential upside of 19.72%. Given Cenovus Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
4 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.50
Cenovus Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.08

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 26 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Ovintiv and 7 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.37 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Ovintiv
4 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Cenovus Energy
4 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

Ovintiv beats Cenovus Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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OVV vs. The Competition

MetricOvintivOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$13.46BC$1.43BC$7.86BC$9.82B
Dividend Yield3.20%8.04%10.87%6.50%
P/E Ratio22.20260.1473.4929.25
Price / Sales1.414,759.431,519.4611.33
Price / Cash921.2586.0436.5583.29
Price / Book1.271.764.695.70
Net IncomeC$1.39BC$82.71MC$4.28BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance-2.51%-1.10%-0.23%0.15%
1 Month Performance-11.39%1.68%0.63%3.11%
1 Year Performance-10.55%21.28%14.01%34.90%

Ovintiv Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$50.39
-1.6%
N/A-10.5%C$13.46BC$9.21B22.201,740Trending News
Analyst Upgrade
Analyst Revision
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.2945 of 5 stars
C$24.22
-0.1%
C$28.18
+16.4%
+0.7%C$43.07BC$55.62B16.826,000News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
ARX
ARC Resources
3.3691 of 5 stars
C$25.58
-1.5%
C$33.42
+30.6%
N/AC$14.88BC$6.24B10.11438News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
VRN
Veren
N/AN/AC$11.74
+∞
N/AC$5.60BC$3.83B5.20777
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.2027 of 5 stars
C$17.49
+3.0%
C$15.75
-9.9%
+105.3%C$5.13BC$193.59M145.7528,600News Coverage
High Trading Volume
POU
Paramount Resources
4.0484 of 5 stars
C$22.27
-0.1%
C$25.21
+13.2%
-17.9%C$3.19BC$1.59B2.22579News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
IPCO
International Petroleum
1.897 of 5 stars
C$22.60
+0.8%
C$23.00
+1.8%
+34.1%C$2.54BC$809.28M51.36N/A
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.4751 of 5 stars
C$3.26
-0.3%
C$4.61
+41.3%
-20.9%C$2.50BC$3.98B6.94220News Coverage
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
AAV
Advantage Energy
1.8089 of 5 stars
C$11.53
flat
C$13.00
+12.7%
+21.6%C$1.93BC$696.60M36.0383

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