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Parex Resources (PXT) Competitors

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C$12.85 +0.11 (+0.86%)
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PXT vs. NVA, POU, ATH, BTE, FRU, AAV, BIR, IPCO, HWX, and VET

Should you be buying Parex Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parex Resources include NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), International Petroleum (IPCO), Headwater Exploration (HWX), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.

Parex Resources vs.

Parex Resources (TSE:PXT) and NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, valuation, earnings, community ranking, risk and dividends.

Parex Resources has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.57, indicating that its stock price is 157% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Parex Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for NuVista Energy and 0 mentions for Parex Resources. Parex Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat NuVista Energy's score of -0.70 indicating that Parex Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Parex Resources Neutral
NuVista Energy Negative

56.9% of Parex Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.0% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Parex Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Parex Resources currently has a consensus target price of C$20.21, indicating a potential upside of 58.67%. NuVista Energy has a consensus target price of C$17.28, indicating a potential upside of 26.05%. Given Parex Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Parex Resources is more favorable than NuVista Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Parex Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.20
NuVista Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

NuVista Energy received 352 more outperform votes than Parex Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.21% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 65.53% of users gave Parex Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Parex ResourcesOutperform Votes
422
65.53%
Underperform Votes
222
34.47%
NuVista EnergyOutperform Votes
774
71.21%
Underperform Votes
313
28.79%

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Parex ResourcesC$960.46M0.93C$183.23MC$3.663.48
NuVista EnergyC$1.22B2.31C$294.68MC$1.439.59

NuVista Energy has a net margin of 24.21% compared to Parex Resources' net margin of 19.08%. Parex Resources' return on equity of 13.52% beat NuVista Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Parex Resources19.08% 13.52% 15.28%
NuVista Energy 24.21%13.51%9.79%

Summary

NuVista Energy beats Parex Resources on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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PXT vs. The Competition

MetricParex ResourcesOil & Gas E&P IndustryEnergy SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$893.77MC$1.35BC$7.27BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield10.87%8.34%11.01%6.32%
P/E Ratio3.48223.2055.0429.92
Price / Sales0.93110,885.0324,980.87823.31
Price / Cash5.5791.6135.5083.71
Price / Book0.661.553.553.99
Net IncomeC$183.23MC$81.99MC$4.30BC$301.32M
7 Day Performance-0.39%0.34%-0.97%0.43%
1 Month Performance10.49%5.30%5.92%6.45%
1 Year Performance-42.84%25.39%178.67%17.05%

Parex Resources Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PXT
Parex Resources
3.7629 of 5 stars
C$12.85
+0.9%
C$20.21
+57.3%
-43.7%C$901.48MC$960.46M3.51449
NVA
NuVista Energy
3.7188 of 5 stars
C$13.28
+6.2%
C$17.28
+30.1%
+5.0%C$2.72BC$1.22B9.2988News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Up
POU
Paramount Resources
3.6159 of 5 stars
C$17.11
+3.7%
C$23.00
+34.4%
-40.3%C$2.55BC$1.93B7.01579Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
ATH
Athabasca Oil
1.2536 of 5 stars
C$4.86
+2.7%
C$6.33
+30.3%
+6.1%C$2.53BC$1.27B11.44170Gap Up
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5552 of 5 stars
C$2.47
+7.9%
C$4.68
+89.5%
-51.7%C$1.95BC$3.33B-5.62220Insider Trade
Gap Up
FRU
Freehold Royalties
2.9974 of 5 stars
C$12.00
+1.8%
C$15.71
+30.9%
-8.9%C$1.80BC$311.95M13.60N/AAnalyst Forecast
Gap Up
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.3882 of 5 stars
C$10.77
+2.5%
C$13.63
+26.5%
-3.6%C$1.79BC$505.16M39.2283Gap Up
BIR
Birchcliff Energy
2.6177 of 5 stars
C$6.40
+2.9%
C$7.09
+10.8%
+9.2%C$1.74BC$757.80M112.10218News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
IPCO
International Petroleum
N/AC$20.08
+4.9%
C$21.00
+4.6%
+5.8%C$1.69BC$621.26M16.99N/AGap Up
HWX
Headwater Exploration
3.3001 of 5 stars
C$6.18
+2.5%
C$8.17
+32.1%
-14.7%C$1.46BC$518.46M7.9235Gap Up
VET
Vermilion Energy
1.608 of 5 stars
C$9.32
+4.3%
C$15.17
+62.7%
-47.2%C$1.44BC$1.96B-1.75720News Coverage
Gap Up

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