CPG vs. SCR, PSK, MEG, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying Crescent Point Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Point Energy include Strathcona Resources (SCR), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), MEG Energy (MEG), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), 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.
Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, institutional ownership, media sentiment, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Crescent Point Energy has a net margin of 17.88% compared to Strathcona Resources' net margin of 13.85%. Strathcona Resources' return on equity of 12.32% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.
47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 91.8% of Strathcona Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Crescent Point Energy presently has a consensus target price of C$14.80, suggesting a potential upside of 25.74%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus target price of C$34.57, suggesting a potential downside of 1.37%. Given Crescent Point Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.
Crescent Point Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Point Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Crescent Point Energy received 824 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote while only 64.24% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Crescent Point Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Strathcona Resources. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for Crescent Point Energy and 11 mentions for Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 0.05 indicating that Strathcona Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Crescent Point Energy beats Strathcona Resources on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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