BTE vs. POU, PEY, ATH, NVA, VET, PXT, IPCO, FRU, ERF, and HWX
Should you be buying Baytex Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Baytex Energy include Paramount Resources (POU), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Enerplus (ERF), and Headwater Exploration (HWX). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Baytex Energy (TSE:BTE) and Paramount Resources (TSE:POU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
36.7% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 9.3% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.8% of Baytex Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 45.6% of Paramount Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Paramount Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Baytex Energy. Baytex Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Paramount Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 12 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Baytex Energy and 3 mentions for Paramount Resources. Baytex Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Paramount Resources' score of 0.29 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Baytex Energy received 109 more outperform votes than Paramount Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.11% of users gave Baytex Energy an outperform vote while only 52.49% of users gave Paramount Resources an outperform vote.
Baytex Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.09 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Paramount Resources pays an annual dividend of C$1.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Baytex Energy pays out -20.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Paramount Resources pays out 78.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Baytex Energy has a beta of 2.78, suggesting that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Paramount Resources has a beta of 3.19, suggesting that its share price is 219% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Baytex Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$6.48, indicating a potential upside of 36.32%. Paramount Resources has a consensus target price of C$35.80, indicating a potential upside of 11.01%. Given Baytex Energy's higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Baytex Energy's net margin of -9.88%. Paramount Resources' return on equity of 9.92% beat Baytex Energy's return on equity.
Summary
Paramount Resources beats Baytex Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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