PEY vs. ATH, VET, NVA, PXT, IPCO, FRU, HWX, AAV, BTE, and POU
Should you be buying Peyto Exploration & Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peyto Exploration & Development include Athabasca Oil (ATH), Vermilion Energy (VET), NuVista Energy (NVA), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Baytex Energy (BTE), and Paramount Resources (POU). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, community ranking and dividends.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 30.95% compared to Peyto Exploration & Development's net margin of -4.29%. Athabasca Oil's return on equity of 12.25% beat Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity.
17.8% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 17.1% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. 0.8% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.19, meaning that its share price is 119% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.83, meaning that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Peyto Exploration & Development has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Peyto Exploration & Development, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Athabasca Oil presently has a consensus price target of C$6.00, indicating a potential upside of 18.81%. Peyto Exploration & Development has a consensus price target of C$16.27, indicating a potential upside of 5.33%. Given Peyto Exploration & Development's higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 182 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.13% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote while only 56.52% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 4 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Athabasca Oil's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Peyto Exploration & Development's score of -0.31 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Athabasca Oil on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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