Veren (VRN) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock VRN vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, POU, SSL, COP, AAV, BTE, 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), Paramount Resources (POU), Sandstorm Gold (SSL), Coro Mining (COP), Advantage Energy (AAV), Baytex Energy (BTE), International Petroleum (IPCO), and Great Bear Resources (GBR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry. Veren vs. Its Competitors ARC Resources Ovintiv Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) Paramount Resources Sandstorm Gold Coro Mining Advantage Energy Baytex Energy International Petroleum Great Bear Resources ARC Resources (TSE:ARX) and Veren (TSE:VRN) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, institutional ownership and profitability. Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARX or VRN? ARC Resources received 622 more outperform votes than Veren when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Veren an outperform vote while only 64.82% of users gave ARC Resources an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARC ResourcesOutperform Votes63264.82% Underperform Votes34335.18% VerenOutperform Votes1066.67% Underperform Votes533.33% Do analysts prefer ARX or VRN? ARC Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$33.17, indicating a potential upside of 10.12%. Veren has a consensus price target of C$11.74, indicating a potential upside of 0.00%. Given ARC Resources' higher probable 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) 7 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.13Veren 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.14 Which has higher valuation and earnings, ARX or VRN? 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 RatioARC ResourcesC$5.31B3.34C$1.11BC$1.9015.89VerenC$3.83B0.00C$1.07BC$1.76N/A Is ARX or VRN 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 ARC Resources20.95% 14.60% 7.88% Veren 27.98%16.28%N/A Does the media prefer ARX or VRN? In the previous week, ARC Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Veren. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for ARC Resources and 0 mentions for Veren. ARC Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled Veren'saverage media sentiment score. Company Overall Sentiment ARC Resources Neutral Veren Neutral Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of ARX or VRN? 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 endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. SummaryARC Resources beats Veren on 11 of the 15 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 VRN 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$5.60BC$8.21BC$3.20BC$6.08BDividend Yield6.22%24.45%5.04%6.72%P/E Ratio5.2011.4271.0636.86Price / SalesN/A9.4826,914,679,906,559,100.00984.38Price / CashN/A7.3824.2683.29Price / BookN/A1.755.354.27Net IncomeC$1.07BC$1.10BC$155.01MC$301.20M Veren Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)VRNVerenN/AN/AC$11.74+∞N/AC$5.60BC$3.83B5.20777ARXARC Resources2.9488 of 5 starsC$29.22+1.9%C$33.17+13.5%+18.2%C$17.20BC$5.31B15.41438News CoverageOVVOvintivN/AC$50.12+1.9%N/A-16.9%C$9.12BC$6.82B4.591,740News CoverageDividend AnnouncementAnalyst RevisionGap UpHSEHusky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802POUParamount Resources3.2573 of 5 starsC$19.37+1.7%C$23.33+20.5%-35.6%C$2.88BC$1.93B7.93579News CoverageDividend AnnouncementGap UpSSLSandstorm Gold1.1465 of 5 starsC$12.72+5.0%C$11.21-11.9%+67.5%C$2.67BC$108.71M84.6428,600News CoverageAnalyst ForecastGap UpCOPCoro MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap UpAAVAdvantage Energy2.9681 of 5 starsC$11.22+0.4%C$13.63+21.4%+10.1%C$1.86BC$505.16M40.8683Positive NewsBTEBaytex Energy2.7277 of 5 starsC$2.32+4.0%C$4.68+101.8%-40.3%C$1.83BC$3.33B-5.28220Positive NewsDividend AnnouncementIPCOInternational PetroleumN/AC$20.31+1.9%C$21.00+3.4%+16.9%C$1.71BC$621.26M17.19N/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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