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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats Parex Resources on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PXT) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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