PR vs. OVV, CHK, AR, MRO, APA, RRC, SWN, EQT, HESM, and MTDR
Should you be buying Permian Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Permian Resources include Ovintiv (OVV), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Antero Resources (AR), Marathon Oil (MRO), APA (APA), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), EQT (EQT), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Matador Resources (MTDR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Permian Resources (NASDAQ:PR) and Ovintiv (NYSE:OVV) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, profitability, risk and analyst recommendations.
Ovintiv received 101 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 53.52% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote while only 49.47% of users gave Ovintiv an outperform vote.
91.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.8% of Ovintiv shares are owned by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.0% of Ovintiv shares are owned 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.
Permian Resources presently has a consensus target price of $19.38, suggesting a potential upside of 12.77%. Ovintiv has a consensus target price of $56.71, suggesting a potential upside of 10.19%. Given Permian Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Permian Resources is more favorable than Ovintiv.
Ovintiv has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Ovintiv is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Ovintiv pays an annual dividend of $1.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Permian Resources pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Ovintiv pays out 15.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Ovintiv is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Ovintiv has a net margin of 19.16% compared to Permian Resources' net margin of 15.26%. Ovintiv's return on equity of 19.50% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.
Permian Resources has a beta of 4.32, meaning that its stock price is 332% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Ovintiv has a beta of 2.65, meaning that its stock price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Permian Resources had 5 more articles in the media than Ovintiv. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Permian Resources and 14 mentions for Ovintiv. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.69 beat Ovintiv's score of 0.64 indicating that Permian Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Permian Resources beats Ovintiv on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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