TOU vs. CNQ, OVV, ARX, MEG, CPG, SCR, PSK, WCP, ERF, and POU
Should you be buying Tourmaline Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Tourmaline Oil include Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), and Paramount Resources (POU). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and Canadian Natural Resources (TSE:CNQ) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, dividends and valuation.
Tourmaline Oil currently has a consensus target price of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 30.93%. Canadian Natural Resources has a consensus target price of C$101.44, indicating a potential upside of 112.66%. Given Canadian Natural Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Canadian Natural Resources is more favorable than Tourmaline Oil.
Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, suggesting that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.97, suggesting that its share price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500.
53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.2% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil and Tourmaline Oil both had 4 articles in the media. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.19 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
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.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 20.86%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 19.01% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.
Tourmaline Oil received 72 more outperform votes than Canadian Natural Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.58% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 59.16% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote.
Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.1%. Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.4%. Tourmaline Oil pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 58.7% 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.
Summary
Tourmaline Oil and Canadian Natural Resources tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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