Strathcona Resources (SCR) Competitors

Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations and dividends.

Is TOU or SCR more profitable?

Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 28.53% compared to Strathcona Resources' net margin of 15.04%. Tourmaline Oil's return on equity of 11.08% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tourmaline Oil	28.53%	11.08%	6.26%
Strathcona Resources	15.04%	9.70%	6.81%

Do analysts rate TOU or SCR?

Tourmaline Oil presently has a consensus target price of C$76.72, indicating a potential upside of 18.03%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus target price of C$35.29, indicating a potential upside of 12.37%. Given Tourmaline Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Strathcona Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.40

Does the media refer more to TOU or SCR?

In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Strathcona Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Tourmaline Oil and 3 mentions for Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.25 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.69 indicating that Strathcona Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tourmaline Oil	1 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Strathcona Resources	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Which has higher earnings and valuation, TOU or SCR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Tourmaline Oil	C$5.77B	4.20	C$1.65B	C$4.43	14.68
Strathcona Resources	C$2.46B	2.73	C$370.36M	C$1.73	18.11

Does the MarketBeat Community favor TOU or SCR?

Tourmaline Oil received 724 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.05% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 59.02% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Tourmaline Oil	Outperform Votes 832 71.05%	Underperform Votes 339 28.95%
Strathcona Resources	Outperform Votes 108 59.02%	Underperform Votes 75 40.98%

Is TOU or SCR a better dividend stock?

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Strathcona Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Strathcona Resources pays out 57.7% 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.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of TOU or SCR?

47.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 0.4% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.3% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Tourmaline Oil beats Strathcona Resources on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.