Paramount Resources (POU) Competitors

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C$18.43 -13.32 (-41.95%)
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POU vs. OVV, ARX, HSE, BTE, SSL, COP, IPCO, VET, GBR, and AAV

Should you be buying Paramount Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Resources include Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Baytex Energy (BTE), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Coro Mining (COP), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), Great Bear Resources (GBR), and Advantage Energy (AAV). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Paramount Resources vs.

Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) and Ovintiv (TSE:OVV) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, analyst recommendations, valuation, profitability, earnings, dividends and risk.

Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.04, meaning that its share price is 204% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.63, meaning that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Paramount Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Paramount ResourcesC$1.93B2.44C$366.00MC$2.4413.00
OvintivC$6.82B1.67C$1.39BC$10.915.73

Ovintiv has a net margin of 20.34% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of 18.92%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.62% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Paramount Resources18.92% 10.06% 5.97%
Ovintiv 20.34%19.62%8.59%

9.1% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.2% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 45.4% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Ovintiv shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of C$1.62 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Paramount Resources pays out 73.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 14.8% 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.

Paramount Resources received 364 more outperform votes than Ovintiv when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.61% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote while only 51.99% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Paramount ResourcesOutperform Votes
404
51.99%
Underperform Votes
373
48.01%
OvintivOutperform Votes
40
60.61%
Underperform Votes
26
39.39%

In the previous week, Paramount Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Paramount Resources and 0 mentions for Ovintiv. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.17 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.00 indicating that Paramount Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Paramount Resources Neutral
Ovintiv Neutral

Paramount Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$38.67, suggesting a potential upside of 21.78%. Ovintiv has a consensus price target of C$58.50, suggesting a potential downside of 6.47%. Given Paramount Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Paramount Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Paramount Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.89
Ovintiv
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.40

Summary

Ovintiv beats Paramount Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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POU vs. The Competition

MetricParamount ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$4.73BC$1.53BC$4.97BC$5.80B
Dividend Yield5.41%8.23%9.84%6.46%
P/E Ratio13.00171.9997.2930.71
Price / Sales2.44149,601.66103,879.58491.04
Price / Cash512.5089.7771.0182.86
Price / Book1.291.673.113.90
Net IncomeC$366.00MC$80.27MC$10.13BC$300.37M
7 Day Performance-2.16%-0.23%-1.02%0.18%
1 Month Performance7.08%-3.14%-3.18%3.39%
1 Year Performance15.33%46.37%25.23%43.41%

Paramount Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
POU
Paramount Resources
4.4449 of 5 stars
C$18.43
-42.0%
C$38.67
+109.8%
+15.3%C$2.74BC$1.93B7.55579Dividend Cut
Gap Down
OVV
Ovintiv
2.0766 of 5 stars
C$63.64
+4.7%
C$58.50
-8.1%
+3.5%C$16.78BC$10.30B6.511,740
ARX
ARC Resources
3.0857 of 5 stars
C$26.66
+2.9%
C$32.29
+21.1%
+18.8%C$15.90BC$5.25B13.81438
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5618 of 5 stars
C$3.67
+5.5%
C$5.84
+59.1%
-21.9%C$2.95BC$3.43B-5.32220
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.4143 of 5 stars
C$9.26
+3.1%
C$10.35
+11.8%
+62.9%C$2.75BC$170.01M66.1428,600
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
IPCO
International Petroleum
0.9696 of 5 stars
C$19.82
+3.7%
C$21.00
+6.0%
+25.2%C$2.39BC$881.28M10.43N/AGap Up
VET
Vermilion Energy
3.6006 of 5 stars
C$13.58
+4.7%
C$17.94
+32.1%
-12.1%C$2.12BC$1.81B-2.66720Analyst Revision
News Coverage
GBR
Great Bear Resources
N/AC$28.15
-2.3%
N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading Volume
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.512 of 5 stars
C$9.50
+2.2%
C$13.85
+45.8%
+3.3%C$1.59BC$501.15M20.2183Positive News

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