ATH vs. NVA, VET, PEY, PXT, IPCO, FRU, AAV, HWX, BIR, and BTE
Should you be buying Athabasca Oil stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Athabasca Oil include NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Advantage Energy (AAV), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) and NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, risk, community ranking, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.
In the previous week, NuVista Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for NuVista Energy and 7 mentions for Athabasca Oil. NuVista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.41 beat Athabasca Oil's score of -0.40 indicating that NuVista Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
12.0% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 24.8% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 29.12% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 3.63%. NuVista Energy's return on equity of 18.16% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.
NuVista Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Athabasca Oil. NuVista Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Athabasca Oil currently has a consensus price target of C$6.14, indicating a potential upside of 25.11%. NuVista Energy has a consensus price target of C$15.03, indicating a potential upside of 16.13%. Given Athabasca Oil's higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
NuVista Energy received 363 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.83, meaning that its share price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats Athabasca Oil on 15 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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