Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY) Competitors

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

Which has more volatility & risk, PEY or OVV?

Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 0.340648, suggesting that its share price is 66% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 0.970287, suggesting that its share price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer PEY or OVV?

Peyto Exploration & Development currently has a consensus price target of C$20.92, suggesting a potential upside of 12.39%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly 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

Do insiders & institutionals believe in PEY or OVV?

28.9% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.6% 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 endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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 7.1%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.0%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays out 80.0% 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 52.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

Does the media favor PEY or OVV?

In the previous week, Ovintiv had 21 more articles in the media than Peyto Exploration & Development. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Ovintiv and 1 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.32 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Peyto Exploration & Development	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Ovintiv	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, PEY or OVV?

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Peyto Exploration & Development. Peyto Exploration & Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Ovintiv, 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$1.01B	3.70	C$293.72M	C$1.65	11.28
Ovintiv	C$9.21B	1.64	C$1.39B	C$2.27	25.92

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%

Summary

Ovintiv beats Peyto Exploration & Development on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.