TPZ vs. GEI, KEY, ALA, ATH, PEY, VET, POU, BTE, NVA, and DML
Should you be buying Topaz Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Topaz Energy include Gibson Energy (GEI), Keyera (KEY), AltaGas (ALA), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Vermilion Energy (VET), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Denison Mines (DML). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Topaz Energy (TSE:TPZ) and Gibson Energy (TSE:GEI) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, community ranking, profitability, valuation and dividends.
20.2% of Topaz Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.6% of Gibson Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 35.6% of Topaz Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Gibson Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Topaz Energy has a net margin of 14.82% compared to Gibson Energy's net margin of 1.95%. Gibson Energy's return on equity of 28.84% beat Topaz Energy's return on equity.
In the previous week, Gibson Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Topaz Energy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Gibson Energy and 1 mentions for Topaz Energy. Topaz Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.74 beat Gibson Energy's score of 1.02 indicating that Topaz Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Topaz Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.1%. Topaz Energy pays out 387.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gibson Energy pays out 116.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gibson Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Gibson Energy received 343 more outperform votes than Topaz Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.67% of users gave Topaz Energy an outperform vote while only 52.24% of users gave Gibson Energy an outperform vote.
Topaz Energy has a beta of 0.48, indicating that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibson Energy has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Topaz Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$26.63, suggesting a potential upside of 18.91%. Gibson Energy has a consensus target price of C$25.18, suggesting a potential upside of 9.38%. Given Topaz Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Topaz Energy is more favorable than Gibson Energy.
Gibson Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Topaz Energy. Gibson Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Topaz Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gibson Energy beats Topaz Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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