PSK vs. WCP, SCR, ERF, CPG, POU, MEG, BTE, PEY, ATH, and VET
Should you be buying PrairieSky Royalty stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of PrairieSky Royalty include Whitecap Resources (WCP), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Enerplus (ERF), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Paramount Resources (POU), MEG Energy (MEG), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), and Vermilion Energy (VET). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) and Whitecap Resources (TSE:WCP) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, earnings, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, media sentiment and risk.
PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 47.46% compared to Whitecap Resources' net margin of 27.52%. Whitecap Resources' return on equity of 16.89% beat PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity.
PrairieSky Royalty presently has a consensus target price of C$27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 1.22%. Whitecap Resources has a consensus target price of C$13.56, suggesting a potential upside of 25.93%. Given Whitecap Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Whitecap Resources is more favorable than PrairieSky Royalty.
PrairieSky Royalty pays an annual dividend of C$1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.7%. Whitecap Resources pays an annual dividend of C$0.65 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. PrairieSky Royalty pays out 105.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Whitecap Resources pays out 44.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Whitecap Resources is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
63.2% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 22.2% of Whitecap Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Whitecap Resources 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.
PrairieSky Royalty has a beta of 1.81, indicating that its share price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Whitecap Resources has a beta of 2.81, indicating that its share price is 181% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, PrairieSky Royalty had 2 more articles in the media than Whitecap Resources. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty and 17 mentions for Whitecap Resources. PrairieSky Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Whitecap Resources' score of 0.48 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Whitecap Resources has higher revenue and earnings than PrairieSky Royalty. Whitecap Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrairieSky Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Whitecap Resources received 518 more outperform votes than PrairieSky Royalty when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.85% of users gave Whitecap Resources an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote.
Summary
Whitecap Resources beats PrairieSky Royalty on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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