MEG vs. CPG, SCR, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying MEG Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of MEG Energy include Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, profitability, institutional ownership and community ranking.
In the previous week, Crescent Point Energy had 6 more articles in the media than MEG Energy. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Crescent Point Energy and 11 mentions for MEG Energy. Crescent Point Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.78 beat MEG Energy's score of 0.30 indicating that Crescent Point Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
42.0% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 47.2% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of MEG Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MEG Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$33.09, suggesting a potential upside of 5.05%. Crescent Point Energy has a consensus target price of C$14.70, suggesting a potential upside of 22.19%. Given Crescent Point Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than MEG Energy.
Crescent Point Energy received 515 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.56% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote while only 56.95% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
Crescent Point Energy has a net margin of 17.88% compared to MEG Energy's net margin of 10.06%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 12.77% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.
Crescent Point Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than MEG Energy. Crescent Point Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than MEG Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MEG Energy has a beta of 3.16, indicating that its share price is 216% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.86, indicating that its share price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Crescent Point Energy beats MEG Energy on 11 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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