Tourmaline Oil (TOU) Competitors

Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and Canadian Natural Resources (TSE:CNQ) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk and valuation.

Which has more risk and volatility, TOU or CNQ?

Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 0.349705, meaning that its stock price is 65% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 0.880488, meaning that its stock price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts prefer TOU or CNQ?

Tourmaline Oil presently has a consensus price target of C$73.70, indicating a potential upside of 21.98%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus price target of C$54.64, indicating a potential upside of 26.01%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Tourmaline Oil.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Tourmaline Oil	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71
Canadian Natural Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.80

Which has higher valuation and earnings, TOU or CNQ?

Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Tourmaline Oil. Canadian Natural Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tourmaline Oil, 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$6.03B	3.87	C$1.65B	C$4.02	15.03
Canadian Natural Resources	C$43.85B	2.06	C$7.52B	C$3.94	11.01

Does the media refer more to TOU or CNQ?

In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil had 1 more articles in the media than Canadian Natural Resources. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Tourmaline Oil and 11 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources. Tourmaline Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Canadian Natural Resources' score of 0.84 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tourmaline Oil	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Natural Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is TOU or CNQ more profitable?

Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 28.53% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 21.25%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 19.14% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Tourmaline Oil	28.53%	11.08%	6.26%
Canadian Natural Resources	21.25%	19.14%	8.80%

Is TOU or CNQ a better dividend stock?

Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.26 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 42.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 57.4% 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 institutionals & insiders hold more shares of TOU or CNQ?

46.2% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 60.8% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.1% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Tourmaline Oil on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.