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
Cenovus Energy (TSE:CVE) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment and dividends.
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.
Cenovus Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$27.90, suggesting a potential upside of 14.96%. Given Cenovus Energy's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Ovintiv.
52.0% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 59.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 32.0% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Cenovus Energy has a beta of 0.660606, suggesting that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 0.913327, suggesting that its share price is 9% less volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 14 more articles in the media than Cenovus Energy. MarketBeat recorded 16 mentions for Ovintiv and 2 mentions for Cenovus Energy. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Ovintiv's score of -0.61 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cenovus Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Cenovus Energy pays out 51.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 52.9% 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.
Summary
Ovintiv beats Cenovus Energy on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (TSE:OVV) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
