Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY) Competitors

Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and risk.

Is PEY or OVV a better dividend stock?

Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.8%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 89.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of PEY or OVV?

18.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are held by 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.

Is PEY or OVV more profitable?

Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 32.08% compared to Ovintiv's net margin of 20.34%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Peyto Exploration & Development	32.08%	10.72%	6.40%
Ovintiv	20.34%	19.62%	8.59%

Do analysts prefer PEY or OVV?

Peyto Exploration & Development presently has a consensus target price of C$20.92, indicating a potential upside of 8.43%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Peyto Exploration & Development is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Peyto Exploration & Development	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Ovintiv	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	5 Strong Buy rating(s)	4.00

Which has more volatility & risk, PEY or OVV?

Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.75, meaning that its stock price is 75% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its stock price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has better earnings & valuation, PEY or OVV?

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Peyto Exploration & Development. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, 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
Peyto Exploration & Development	C$915.70M	4.18	C$293.72M	C$1.48	13.00
Ovintiv	C$6.82B	1.47	C$1.39B	C$10.91	5.05

Does the media prefer PEY or OVV?

In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 2 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 1 mentions for Ovintiv. Ovintiv's average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Peyto Exploration & Development's score of 0.65 indicating that Ovintiv is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peyto Exploration & Development	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ovintiv	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Ovintiv beats Peyto Exploration & Development on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.