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C$8.17 +0.01 (+0.12%)
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VRN vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, SSL, POU, COP, BTE, AAV, IPCO, and GBR

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), 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.

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.

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

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)
3.14
ARC Resources
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.17

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
VerenC$3.83B1.31C$1.07BC$1.764.65
ARC ResourcesC$5.31B2.81C$1.11BC$1.9013.36

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
VerenOutperform Votes
10
66.67%
Underperform Votes
5
33.33%
ARC ResourcesOutperform Votes
628
64.74%
Underperform Votes
342
35.26%

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%

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.

Summary

ARC Resources beats Veren on 10 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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VRN vs. The Competition

MetricVerenCrude Petroleum & Natural Gas IndustryMaterials SectorTSE Exchange
Market CapC$5.01BC$7.39BC$3.01BC$5.67B
Dividend Yield6.22%23.97%5.18%6.84%
P/E Ratio4.659.6575.6728.69
Price / Sales1.318.6025,549,533,275,650,600.00609.91
Price / CashN/A7.3824.3283.20
Price / Book0.751.505.143.71
Net IncomeC$1.07BC$1.11BC$155.11MC$301.04M
7 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

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
VRN
Veren
N/AC$8.17
+0.1%
C$11.74
+43.6%
N/AC$5.01BC$3.83B4.65777Gap Down
ARX
ARC Resources
3.3513 of 5 stars
C$26.81
+1.6%
C$32.29
+20.4%
+2.3%C$15.78BC$5.31B14.14438
OVV
Ovintiv
N/AC$48.37
+0.6%
N/A-34.5%C$8.80BC$6.82B4.431,740Analyst Revision
HSE
Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802
SSL
Sandstorm Gold
1.2367 of 5 stars
C$11.78
+0.8%
C$10.86
-7.8%
+59.4%C$2.47BC$108.71M78.3828,600
POU
Paramount Resources
3.9138 of 5 stars
C$16.19
-0.4%
C$25.00
+54.4%
-49.8%C$2.41BC$1.93B6.63579News Coverage
COP
Coro Mining
N/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap Up
BTE
Baytex Energy
3.3281 of 5 stars
C$2.29
flat
C$5.12
+123.5%
-58.2%C$1.81BC$3.33B-5.21220Positive News
AAV
Advantage Energy
2.6756 of 5 stars
C$10.28
+0.3%
C$13.50
+31.3%
-8.8%C$1.71BC$505.16M37.4483Positive News
IPCO
International Petroleum
1.0383 of 5 stars
C$20.08
+0.1%
C$21.00
+4.6%
+7.8%C$1.69BC$621.26M16.99N/A
GBR
Great Bear Resources
N/AC$28.15
-2.3%
N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading Volume

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