SCR vs. PSK, WCP, CPG, ERF, MEG, POU, BTE, PEY, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying Strathcona Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strathcona Resources include PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Enerplus (ERF), MEG Energy (MEG), 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.
PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk and community ranking.
PrairieSky Royalty currently has a consensus price target of C$27.30, suggesting a potential upside of 4.44%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus price target of C$34.57, suggesting a potential upside of 11.92%. Given PrairieSky Royalty's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Strathcona Resources is more favorable than PrairieSky Royalty.
PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 47.46% compared to PrairieSky Royalty's net margin of 13.63%. PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity of 12.32% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.
PrairieSky Royalty received 390 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.03% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote.
Strathcona Resources has higher revenue and earnings than PrairieSky Royalty. Strathcona 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.
In the previous week, Strathcona Resources had 3 more articles in the media than PrairieSky Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Strathcona Resources and 1 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.38 beat PrairieSky Royalty's score of 0.64 indicating that PrairieSky Royalty is being referred to more favorably in the media.
63.2% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.0% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Strathcona Resources beats PrairieSky Royalty on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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