PXT vs. ATH, NVA, POU, BTE, FRU, BIR, AAV, IPCO, VET, and HWX
Should you be buying Parex Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parex Resources include Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), Advantage Energy (AAV), International Petroleum (IPCO), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Parex Resources vs.
Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and Parex Resources (TSE:PXT) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.
Parex Resources received 20 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.53% of users gave Parex Resources an outperform vote while only 55.76% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Parex Resources has a net margin of 19.08% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 17.53%. Athabasca Oil's return on equity of 14.73% beat Parex Resources' return on equity.
Athabasca Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Parex Resources. Parex Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.05, indicating that its stock price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parex Resources has a beta of 1.43, indicating that its stock price is 43% more volatile than the S&P 500.
17.4% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.9% of Parex Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Parex Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Athabasca Oil had 2 more articles in the media than Parex Resources. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Athabasca Oil and 0 mentions for Parex Resources. Parex Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Athabasca Oil's score of -0.09 indicating that Parex Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$6.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.50%. Parex Resources has a consensus target price of C$20.21, suggesting a potential upside of 84.61%. Given Parex Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Parex Resources is more favorable than Athabasca Oil.
Summary
Athabasca Oil beats Parex Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (TSE:PXT) was last updated on 5/2/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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