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Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY) Competitors

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C$20.01 +0.29 (+1.47%)
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PEY vs. ARX, OVV, WCP, SCR, MEG, CPG, PSK, ERF, ATH, and POU

Should you be buying Peyto Exploration & Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peyto Exploration & Development include ARC Resources (ARX), Ovintiv (OVV), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Strathcona Resources (SCR), MEG Energy (MEG), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and Paramount Resources (POU). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Peyto Exploration & Development vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 1 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 3 mentions for ARC Resources. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat ARC Resources' score of -0.20 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 32.08% compared to ARC Resources' net margin of 20.95%. ARC Resources' return on equity of 14.60% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARC Resources20.95% 14.60% 7.88%
Peyto Exploration & Development 32.08%10.72%6.40%

ARC Resources has a beta of 0.126719, meaning that its stock price is 87% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of -0.004407, meaning that its stock price is 100% less volatile than the S&P 500.

45.9% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.5% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development 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.

ARC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Peyto Exploration & Development. ARC Resources 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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARC ResourcesC$6.24B2.38C$1.11BC$2.5310.09
Peyto Exploration & DevelopmentC$1.01B3.97C$293.72MC$1.6512.13

ARC Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$33.13, suggesting a potential upside of 29.70%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus target price of C$21.44, suggesting a potential upside of 7.13%. Given ARC Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARC Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
Peyto Exploration & Development
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.44

ARC Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.74 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. Peyto Exploration & Development pays an annual dividend of C$1.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. ARC Resources pays out 29.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Summary

ARC Resources beats Peyto Exploration & Development on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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PEY vs. The Competition

MetricPeyto Exploration & DevelopmentOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.02BC$1.42BC$7.85BC$9.58B
Dividend Yield6.94%8.08%10.88%6.52%
P/E Ratio12.139.1315.4229.02
Price / Sales3.974,764.211,517.1611.06
Price / Cash112.0586.0436.6083.29
Price / Book1.431.774.395.65
Net IncomeC$293.72MC$82.88MC$4.27BC$301.20M
7 Day Performance4.60%-0.52%-1.38%-2.65%
1 Month Performance8.34%0.26%-0.28%1.27%
1 Year Performance30.87%19.30%14.07%32.36%

Peyto Exploration & Development Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PEY
Peyto Exploration & Development
1.8126 of 5 stars
C$20.01
+1.5%
C$21.44
+7.1%
+29.7%C$4.02BC$1.01B12.1353Positive News
ARX
ARC Resources
3.4112 of 5 stars
C$25.97
-1.9%
C$33.42
+28.7%
+9.2%C$15.11BC$6.24B10.26438Analyst Forecast
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$51.69
-5.8%
N/A-8.5%C$13.29BC$9.21B22.771,740High Trading Volume
WCP
Whitecap Resources
4.1565 of 5 stars
C$10.51
-2.8%
C$13.86
+31.8%
-2.5%C$12.95BC$4.42B7.20542News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SCR
Strathcona Resources
1.9018 of 5 stars
C$35.39
-3.9%
C$34.86
-1.5%
+26.0%C$7.58BC$5.30B10.63193Analyst Forecast
MEG
MEG Energy
2.1324 of 5 stars
C$29.80
-2.3%
C$30.33
+1.8%
+11.8%C$7.58BC$4.81B14.26449News Coverage
Analyst Downgrade
High Trading Volume
CPG
Crescent Point Energy
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$7.24BC$3.51B23.92777
PSK
PrairieSky Royalty
3.2174 of 5 stars
C$24.87
-1.9%
C$29.29
+17.8%
-10.1%C$5.86BC$504.60M26.7465News Coverage
Analyst Upgrade
ERF
Enerplus
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$5.47BC$1.48B10.98404
ATH
Athabasca Oil
1.1568 of 5 stars
C$6.60
-6.1%
C$6.67
+1.0%
+24.5%C$3.28BC$1.46B7.67170
POU
Paramount Resources
4.1075 of 5 stars
C$22.30
-4.6%
C$25.21
+13.1%
-17.7%C$3.20BC$1.59B2.22579Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast

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