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 business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk and media sentiment.

Do analysts prefer TOU or CNQ?

Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$77.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.66%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus target price of C$54.42, indicating a potential upside of 23.93%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' 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)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Canadian Natural Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.71

Does the media prefer TOU or CNQ?

In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources had 1 more articles in the media than Tourmaline Oil. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Canadian Natural Resources and 9 mentions for Tourmaline Oil. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.95 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Tourmaline Oil	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Canadian Natural Resources	5 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in TOU or CNQ?

47.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.8% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 5.1% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.3% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility and risk, TOU or CNQ?

Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.3, indicating that its stock price is 30% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.89, indicating that its stock price is 89% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable earnings and valuation, 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$5.77B	4.02	C$1.65B	C$4.43	14.06
Canadian Natural Resources	C$35.38B	2.60	C$7.52B	C$3.60	12.19

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$1.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$2.14 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.9%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 59.4% 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.

Summary

Canadian Natural Resources beats Tourmaline Oil on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.