Veren (VRN) Competitors C$8.17 +0.01 (+0.12%) As of 04:00 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock VRN vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, SSL, POU, COP, BTE, AAV, IPCO, and GBRShould 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), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Paramount Resources (POU), Coro Mining (COP), Baytex Energy (BTE), Advantage Energy (AAV), International Petroleum (IPCO), and Great Bear Resources (GBR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry. Veren vs. ARC Resources Ovintiv Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) Sandstorm Gold Paramount Resources Coro Mining Baytex Energy Advantage Energy International Petroleum Great Bear Resources Veren (TSE:VRN) and ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, valuation, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and dividends. Does the media refer more to VRN or ARX? In the previous week, Veren had 3 more articles in the media than ARC Resources. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Veren and 2 mentions for ARC Resources. Veren's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat ARC Resources' score of 0.37 indicating that Veren is being referred to more favorably in the media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment Veren 2 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 2 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive ARC Resources 0 Very Positive mention(s) 1 Positive mention(s) 1 Neutral mention(s) 0 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral Do analysts recommend VRN or ARX? Veren currently has a consensus target price of C$11.74, indicating a potential upside of 43.64%. ARC Resources has a consensus target price of C$32.29, indicating a potential upside of 27.48%. Given Veren's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Veren is more favorable than ARC Resources.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score Veren 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.14ARC Resources 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 5 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.17 Which has stronger earnings & valuation, VRN or ARX? 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 RatioVerenC$3.83B1.31C$1.07BC$1.764.65ARC ResourcesC$5.31B2.81C$1.11BC$1.9013.36 Does the MarketBeat Community prefer VRN or ARX? ARC Resources received 618 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 64.74% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformVerenOutperform Votes1066.67% Underperform Votes533.33% ARC ResourcesOutperform Votes62864.74% Underperform Votes34235.26% Is VRN or ARX more profitable? 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 Veren27.98% 16.28% N/A ARC Resources 20.95%14.60%7.88% Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in VRN or ARX? 39.0% of ARC Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of ARC Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryARC Resources beats Veren on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks. Get Veren News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for VRN and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of TSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart VRN vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricVerenCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas IndustryMaterials SectorTSE ExchangeMarket CapC$5.01BC$7.39BC$3.01BC$5.67BDividend Yield6.22%23.97%5.18%6.84%P/E Ratio4.659.6575.6728.69Price / Sales1.318.6025,549,533,275,650,600.00609.91Price / CashN/A7.3824.3283.20Price / Book0.751.505.143.71Net IncomeC$1.07BC$1.11BC$155.11MC$301.04M7 Day Performance-3.66%-1.58%-0.40%0.15%1 Month Performance-13.73%-11.70%1.74%-0.33%1 Year PerformanceN/A-18.40%16.63%13.86% Veren Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VRNVerenN/AC$8.17+0.1%C$11.74+43.6%N/AC$5.01BC$3.83B4.65777Gap DownARXARC Resources3.3513 of 5 starsC$26.81+1.6%C$32.29+20.4%+2.3%C$15.78BC$5.31B14.14438OVVOvintivN/AC$48.37+0.6%N/A-34.5%C$8.80BC$6.82B4.431,740Analyst RevisionHSEHusky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802SSLSandstorm Gold1.2367 of 5 starsC$11.78+0.8%C$10.86-7.8%+59.4%C$2.47BC$108.71M78.3828,600POUParamount Resources3.9138 of 5 starsC$16.19-0.4%C$25.00+54.4%-49.8%C$2.41BC$1.93B6.63579News CoverageCOPCoro MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap UpBTEBaytex Energy3.3281 of 5 starsC$2.29flatC$5.12+123.5%-58.2%C$1.81BC$3.33B-5.21220Positive NewsAAVAdvantage Energy2.6756 of 5 starsC$10.28+0.3%C$13.50+31.3%-8.8%C$1.71BC$505.16M37.4483Positive NewsIPCOInternational Petroleum1.0383 of 5 starsC$20.08+0.1%C$21.00+4.6%+7.8%C$1.69BC$621.26M16.99N/AGBRGreat Bear ResourcesN/AC$28.15-2.3%N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading Volume Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARC Resources Competitors Ovintiv Competitors Husky Energy Inc. 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