Pet Valu (PET) Competitors

Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) and Pet Valu (TSE:PET) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk and dividends.

Do analysts recommend CPG or PET?

Pet Valu has a consensus price target of C$34.33, indicating a potential upside of 7.39%. Given Pet Valu's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Pet Valu is more favorable than Crescent Point Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Crescent Point Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Pet Valu	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	7 Buy rating(s)	3 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.30

Which has more volatility & risk, CPG or PET?

Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.84, indicating that its stock price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Pet Valu has a beta of 0.81, indicating that its stock price is 19% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, CPG or PET?

Crescent Point Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Pet Valu. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Pet Valu, 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
Crescent Point Energy	C$3.51B	0.00	C$215.70M	C$0.49	N/A
Pet Valu	C$1.08B	2.10	C$86.60M	C$1.21	26.36

Is CPG or PET a better dividend stock?

Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share. Pet Valu pays an annual dividend of C$0.44 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.4%. Crescent Point Energy pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Pet Valu pays out 36.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Pet Valu is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Does the MarketBeat Community favor CPG or PET?

Crescent Point Energy received 915 more outperform votes than Pet Valu when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote while only 62.50% of users gave Pet Valu an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Crescent Point Energy	Outperform Votes 930 74.58%	Underperform Votes 317 25.42%
Pet Valu	Outperform Votes 15 62.50%	Underperform Votes 9 37.50%

Is CPG or PET more profitable?

Pet Valu has a net margin of 8.02% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.65%. Pet Valu's return on equity of 100.39% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Crescent Point Energy	-1.65%	3.31%	2.86%
Pet Valu	8.02%	100.39%	11.38%

Do insiders & institutionals hold more shares of CPG or PET?

47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 76.2% of Pet Valu shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Pet Valu 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.

Does the media refer more to CPG or PET?

In the previous week, Pet Valu had 6 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Pet Valu and 0 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Pet Valu's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Pet Valu is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Crescent Point Energy	Neutral
Pet Valu	Positive

Summary

Pet Valu beats Crescent Point Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.