TPZ vs. GEI, KEY, ALA, PEY, ATH, NVA, VET, PXT, DML, and BTE
Should you be buying Topaz Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Topaz Energy include Gibson Energy (GEI), Keyera (KEY), AltaGas (ALA), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), Denison Mines (DML), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Gibson Energy (TSE:GEI) and Topaz Energy (TSE:TPZ) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, risk and earnings.
Gibson Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 7.3%. Topaz Energy pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.7%. Gibson Energy pays out 156.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Topaz Energy pays out 387.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Gibson Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
52.5% of Gibson Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 20.3% of Topaz Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Gibson Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 35.7% of Topaz Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Gibson Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$25.63, suggesting a potential upside of 13.54%. Topaz Energy has a consensus target price of C$26.88, suggesting a potential upside of 20.52%. Given Gibson Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Topaz Energy is more favorable than Gibson Energy.
Gibson Energy has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Topaz Energy has a beta of 0.48, suggesting that its share price is 52% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Topaz Energy has a net margin of 14.62% compared to Topaz Energy's net margin of 1.39%. Topaz Energy's return on equity of 21.90% beat Gibson Energy's return on equity.
Gibson Energy received 342 more outperform votes than Topaz Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.96% of users gave Topaz Energy an outperform vote while only 52.23% of users gave Gibson Energy an outperform vote.
Gibson Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Topaz Energy. Gibson Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Topaz Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Gibson Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Topaz Energy. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Gibson Energy and 0 mentions for Topaz Energy. Topaz Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.51 beat Gibson Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that Gibson Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Gibson Energy beats Topaz Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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