ERF vs. WCP, PSK, POU, BTE, SCR, CPG, PEY, ATH, NVA, and VET
Should you be buying Enerplus stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Enerplus include Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Whitecap Resources (TSE:WCP) and Enerplus (TSE:ERF) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, community ranking and institutional ownership.
Whitecap Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Enerplus. Whitecap Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Enerplus, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Whitecap Resources had 9 more articles in the media than Enerplus. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Whitecap Resources and 1 mentions for Enerplus. Whitecap Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.05 beat Enerplus' score of 0.96 indicating that Enerplus is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Whitecap Resources currently has a consensus price target of C$13.56, indicating a potential upside of 36.72%. Enerplus has a consensus price target of C$24.36, indicating a potential downside of 8.98%. Given Enerplus' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Whitecap Resources is more favorable than Enerplus.
Whitecap Resources has a beta of 2.81, suggesting that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Enerplus has a beta of 2.65, suggesting that its share price is 165% more volatile than the S&P 500.
22.2% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 62.9% of Enerplus shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.7% of Whitecap Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Enerplus shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Whitecap Resources received 185 more outperform votes than Enerplus when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.85% of users gave Whitecap Resources an outperform vote while only 72.53% of users gave Enerplus an outperform vote.
Whitecap Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.6%. Enerplus pays an annual dividend of C$0.35 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Whitecap Resources pays out 44.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Enerplus pays out 12.3% 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.
Enerplus has a net margin of 29.85% compared to Enerplus' net margin of 27.52%. Whitecap Resources' return on equity of 39.59% beat Enerplus' return on equity.
Summary
Whitecap Resources beats Enerplus on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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