NVA vs. VET, PXT, ATH, PEY, IPCO, FRU, HWX, AAV, BIR, and KEL
Should you be buying NuVista Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NuVista Energy include Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), and Kelt Exploration (KEL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Vermilion Energy (TSE:VET) and NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, valuation and institutional ownership.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 29.12% compared to NuVista Energy's net margin of -12.98%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 18.16% beat NuVista Energy's return on equity.
NuVista Energy received 149 more outperform votes than Vermilion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 57.21% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote.
NuVista Energy has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuVista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.72, suggesting that its stock price is 172% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.85, suggesting that its stock price is 185% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Vermilion Energy had 4 more articles in the media than NuVista Energy. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Vermilion Energy and 3 mentions for NuVista Energy. Vermilion Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat NuVista Energy's score of 0.10 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
36.8% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Vermilion Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$21.54, suggesting a potential upside of 34.13%. NuVista Energy has a consensus target price of C$15.03, suggesting a potential upside of 19.17%. Given NuVista Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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