OVV vs. WCP, VII, TOU, ERF, GEI, TPZ, PPL, SDE, BTE, and FRU
Should you be buying Ovintiv stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Ovintiv include Whitecap Resources (WCP), Seven Generations Energy (VII), Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Enerplus (ERF), Gibson Energy (GEI), Topaz Energy (TPZ), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Spartan Delta (SDE), Baytex Energy (BTE), and Freehold Royalties (FRU). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Ovintiv vs.
Whitecap Resources (TSE:WCP) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings and risk.
24.9% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 85.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Whitecap Resources has a beta of 2.89, indicating that its share price is 189% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 3.57, indicating that its share price is 257% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Ovintiv had 5 more articles in the media than Whitecap Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Ovintiv and 2 mentions for Whitecap Resources. Whitecap Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Ovintiv's score of -0.52 indicating that Whitecap Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whitecap Resources has a net margin of 33.46% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 32.46%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 69.41% beat Whitecap Resources' return on equity.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Whitecap Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitecap Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Whitecap Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$14.91, indicating a potential upside of 59.63%. Ovintiv has a consensus target price of C$55.00, indicating a potential upside of 19.96%. Given Whitecap Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Whitecap Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Whitecap Resources received 957 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 79.17% of users gave Whitecap Resources an outperform vote while only 59.32% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.
Whitecap Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.58 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Whitecap Resources pays out 27.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 7.0% 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.
Summary
Whitecap Resources beats Ovintiv on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
New MarketBeat Followers Over Time
This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding OVV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
Media Sentiment Over Time
This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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