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VRN vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, POU, COP, SSL, BTE, AAV, GBR, and IPCO

Should you be buying Veren stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Veren include ARC Resources (ARX), Ovintiv (OVV), Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) (HSE), Paramount Resources (POU), Coro Mining (COP), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Baytex Energy (BTE), Advantage Energy (AAV), Great Bear Resources (GBR), and International Petroleum (IPCO). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Veren vs.

ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Veren (TSE:VRN) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, risk, earnings and profitability.

39.0% of ARC Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

ARC Resources presently has a consensus target price of C$32.32, suggesting a potential upside of 9.96%. Veren has a consensus target price of C$11.74, suggesting a potential upside of 0.00%. Given ARC Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ARC Resources is more favorable than Veren.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ARC Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17
Veren
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.14

ARC Resources received 619 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 64.78% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ARC ResourcesOutperform Votes
629
64.78%
Underperform Votes
342
35.22%
VerenOutperform Votes
10
66.67%
Underperform Votes
5
33.33%

ARC Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Veren. Veren is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ARC Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ARC ResourcesC$5.31B3.26C$1.11BC$1.9015.50
VerenC$3.83B0.00C$1.07BC$1.76N/A

In the previous week, ARC Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for ARC Resources and 0 mentions for Veren. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.67 beat Veren's score of 0.00 indicating that ARC Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ARC Resources Positive
Veren Neutral

Veren has a net margin of 27.98% compared to ARC Resources' net margin of 20.95%. Veren's return on equity of 16.28% beat ARC Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ARC Resources20.95% 14.60% 7.88%
Veren 27.98%16.28%N/A

Summary

ARC Resources beats Veren on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VRN vs. The Competition

MetricVerenCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$5.60BC$7.66BC$3.09BC$5.94B
Dividend Yield6.22%24.00%5.21%6.32%
P/E Ratio5.2010.4267.9529.95
Price / SalesN/A7.6125,591,212,775,254,200.00752.53
Price / CashN/A7.3824.3483.71
Price / BookN/A1.575.203.96
Net IncomeC$1.07BC$1.09BC$156.48MC$301.32M

Veren Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRN
Veren
N/AN/AC$11.74
+∞
N/AC$5.60BC$3.83B5.20777
ARX
ARC Resources
1.311 of 5 stars
C$29.15
+1.9%
C$32.32
+10.9%
+14.3%C$17.16BC$5.31B15.37438News Coverage
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$52.21
-0.6%
N/A-26.2%C$9.50BC$6.82B4.791,740
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
POU
Paramount Resources
3.6911 of 5 stars
C$19.01
+1.3%
C$23.00
+21.0%
-40.7%C$2.83BC$1.93B7.78579News Coverage
Dividend Announcement
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
0.8135 of 5 stars
C$11.47
+0.8%
C$11.21
-2.3%
+46.7%C$2.40BC$108.71M76.3228,600
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.5731 of 5 stars
C$2.39
+2.6%
C$4.68
+95.9%
-51.8%C$1.89BC$3.33B-5.44220News Coverage
Insider Trade
Gap Up
AAV
Advantage Energy
3.3972 of 5 stars
C$10.32
-1.4%
C$13.63
+32.0%
-2.2%C$1.71BC$505.16M37.5883
GBR
Great Bear Resources
N/AC$28.15
-2.3%
N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading Volume
IPCO
International Petroleum
N/AC$19.28
+0.2%
C$21.00
+8.9%
+3.7%C$1.62BC$621.26M16.32N/A

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This page (TSE:VRN) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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