SU vs. IMO, CVE, CONA, TUSK, ENB, TRP, CNQ, PPL, CCO, and TOU
Should you be buying Suncor Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Suncor Energy include Imperial Oil (IMO), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Cona Resources (CONA), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Enbridge (ENB), TC Energy (TRP), Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Pembina Pipeline (PPL), Cameco (CCO), and Tourmaline Oil (TOU).
Suncor Energy (TSE:SU) and Imperial Oil (TSE:IMO) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, community ranking, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, valuation and profitability.
Suncor Energy received 452 more outperform votes than Imperial Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.13% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 35.61% of users gave Imperial Oil an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Suncor Energy and Suncor Energy both had 4 articles in the media. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Imperial Oil's score of 0.67 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
72.9% of Suncor Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 26.8% of Imperial Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Suncor Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 69.6% of Imperial Oil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 1.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Imperial Oil has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its stock price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Suncor Energy has a net margin of 15.85% compared to Imperial Oil's net margin of 9.50%. Imperial Oil's return on equity of 20.78% beat Suncor Energy's return on equity.
Suncor Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Imperial Oil. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Imperial Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Suncor Energy pays an annual dividend of C$2.18 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Imperial Oil pays an annual dividend of C$2.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Suncor Energy pays out 35.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Imperial Oil pays out 27.3% 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.
Suncor Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$61.75, indicating a potential upside of 16.01%. Imperial Oil has a consensus price target of C$100.08, indicating a potential upside of 1.95%. Given Suncor Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Imperial Oil.
Summary
Suncor Energy beats Imperial Oil on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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