Veren (VRN) Competitors Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsDividendEarningsHeadlinesBuy This Stock VRN vs. ARX, OVV, HSE, POU, COP, SSL, BTE, AAV, GBR, and IPCOShould 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 Ovintiv Husky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO) Paramount Resources Coro Mining Sandstorm Gold Baytex Energy Advantage Energy Great Bear Resources International Petroleum 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. Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in 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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth. Do analysts prefer ARX or VRN? 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) 3.17Veren 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 6 Buy rating(s) 1 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.14 Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARX or VRN? 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. CompanyUnderperformOutperformARC ResourcesOutperform Votes62964.78% Underperform Votes34235.22% VerenOutperform Votes1066.67% Underperform Votes533.33% Which has stronger valuation & 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$5.31B3.26C$1.11BC$1.9015.50VerenC$3.83B0.00C$1.07BC$1.76N/A Does the media refer more to ARX or VRN? 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 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 SummaryARC Resources beats Veren on 12 of the 16 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$5.60BC$7.66BC$3.09BC$5.94BDividend Yield6.22%24.00%5.21%6.32%P/E Ratio5.2010.4267.9529.95Price / SalesN/A7.6125,591,212,775,254,200.00752.53Price / CashN/A7.3824.3483.71Price / BookN/A1.575.203.96Net IncomeC$1.07BC$1.09BC$156.48MC$301.32M 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 Resources1.311 of 5 starsC$29.15+1.9%C$32.32+10.9%+14.3%C$17.16BC$5.31B15.37438News CoverageOVVOvintivN/AC$52.21-0.6%N/A-26.2%C$9.50BC$6.82B4.791,740HSEHusky Energy Inc. (HSE.TO)N/AN/AN/AN/AC$6.79BC$14.69B-0.594,802POUParamount Resources3.6911 of 5 starsC$19.01+1.3%C$23.00+21.0%-40.7%C$2.83BC$1.93B7.78579News CoverageDividend AnnouncementCOPCoro MiningN/AN/AN/AN/AC$2.41BN/A-6.009,500Gap UpSSLSandstorm Gold0.8135 of 5 starsC$11.47+0.8%C$11.21-2.3%+46.7%C$2.40BC$108.71M76.3228,600BTEBaytex Energy3.5731 of 5 starsC$2.39+2.6%C$4.68+95.9%-51.8%C$1.89BC$3.33B-5.44220News CoverageInsider TradeGap UpAAVAdvantage Energy3.3972 of 5 starsC$10.32-1.4%C$13.63+32.0%-2.2%C$1.71BC$505.16M37.5883GBRGreat Bear ResourcesN/AC$28.15-2.3%N/A+0.0%C$1.63BN/A-153.833High Trading VolumeIPCOInternational PetroleumN/AC$19.28+0.2%C$21.00+8.9%+3.7%C$1.62BC$621.26M16.32N/A Related Companies and Tools Related Companies ARC Resources Competitors Ovintiv Competitors Husky Energy Inc. 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