SCR vs. WCP, PSK, CPG, ERF, BTE, POU, MEG, ATH, PEY, and VET
Should you be buying Strathcona Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strathcona Resources include Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Enerplus (ERF), Baytex Energy (BTE), Paramount Resources (POU), MEG Energy (MEG), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Whitecap Resources (TSE:WCP) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, dividends and media sentiment.
22.0% of Whitecap Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Whitecap Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Whitecap Resources has a net margin of 27.52% compared to Whitecap Resources' net margin of -39.68%. Strathcona Resources' return on equity of 16.89% beat Whitecap Resources' return on equity.
Whitecap Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$13.35, indicating a potential upside of 30.28%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus price target of C$32.43, indicating a potential upside of 14.10%. Given Strathcona Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Whitecap Resources is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.
Whitecap Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Whitecap Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Strathcona Resources had 7 more articles in the media than Whitecap Resources. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Strathcona Resources and 1 mentions for Whitecap Resources. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat Whitecap Resources' score of -0.03 indicating that Whitecap Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whitecap Resources received 904 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.83% of users gave Whitecap Resources an outperform vote while only 65.63% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Whitecap Resources beats Strathcona Resources on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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