PXT vs. NVA, IPCO, FRU, VET, PEY, ATH, HWX, AAV, BIR, and KEL
Should you be buying Parex Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Parex Resources include NuVista Energy (NVA), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Vermilion Energy (VET), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) and Parex Resources (TSE:PXT) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings and valuation.
Parex Resources has a net margin of 39.26% compared to Parex Resources' net margin of 29.12%. NuVista Energy's return on equity of 25.03% beat Parex Resources' return on equity.
NuVista Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$15.03, indicating a potential upside of 17.22%. Parex Resources has a consensus price target of C$30.20, indicating a potential upside of 24.59%. Given NuVista Energy's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Parex Resources is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Parex Resources has a beta of 1.62, suggesting that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Parex Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for NuVista Energy and 0 mentions for Parex Resources. Parex Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat NuVista Energy's score of 0.59 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Parex Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than NuVista Energy. 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.
24.7% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 56.8% of Parex Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.9% of NuVista Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Parex Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
NuVista Energy received 344 more outperform votes than Parex Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 66.77% of users gave Parex Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats Parex Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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