GEI vs. TPZ, KEY, ALA, BTE, PEY, POU, ATH, NVA, VET, and PXT
Should you be buying Gibson Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gibson Energy include Topaz Energy (TPZ), Keyera (KEY), AltaGas (ALA), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Paramount Resources (POU), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Parex Resources (PXT). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Topaz Energy (TSE:TPZ) and Gibson Energy (TSE:GEI) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, earnings, dividends, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Topaz Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$26.88, suggesting a potential upside of 20.14%. Gibson Energy has a consensus price target of C$25.63, suggesting a potential upside of 15.69%. Given Gibson Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Topaz Energy is more favorable than Gibson Energy.
Topaz Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.4%. Topaz Energy pays out 387.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gibson Energy pays out 116.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gibson Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
20.3% of Topaz Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Gibson Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 35.7% of Topaz Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Gibson Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Gibson Energy received 342 more outperform votes than Topaz Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.96% of users gave Topaz Energy an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Gibson Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Gibson Energy had 23 more articles in the media than Topaz Energy. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Gibson Energy and 9 mentions for Topaz Energy. Gibson Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.63 beat Topaz Energy's score of 0.36 indicating that Topaz Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Topaz Energy has a net margin of 14.62% compared to Topaz Energy's net margin of 1.95%. Topaz Energy's return on equity of 28.84% beat Gibson Energy's return on equity.
Topaz Energy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its stock price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Gibson Energy has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Gibson Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Topaz Energy. Gibson Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Topaz Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Gibson Energy beats Topaz Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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