PEY vs. ATH, NVA, VET, PXT, IPCO, BTE, FRU, HWX, AAV, and BIR
Should you be buying Peyto Exploration & Development stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Peyto Exploration & Development include Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Baytex Energy (BTE), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), and Birchcliff Energy (BIR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Peyto Exploration & Development (TSE:PEY) and Athabasca Oil (TSE:ATH) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, risk and community ranking.
Peyto Exploration & Development has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Athabasca Oil. Peyto Exploration & Development is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Athabasca Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Peyto Exploration & Development received 184 more outperform votes than Athabasca Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.29% of users gave Peyto Exploration & Development an outperform vote while only 56.56% of users gave Athabasca Oil an outperform vote.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Athabasca Oil has a beta of 2.18, meaning that its share price is 118% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Peyto Exploration & Development had 5 more articles in the media than Athabasca Oil. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Peyto Exploration & Development and 7 mentions for Athabasca Oil. Peyto Exploration & Development's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Athabasca Oil's score of -0.35 indicating that Peyto Exploration & Development is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Peyto Exploration & Development currently has a consensus price target of C$16.59, suggesting a potential upside of 4.21%. Athabasca Oil has a consensus price target of C$6.14, suggesting a potential upside of 25.11%. Given Athabasca Oil's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Athabasca Oil is more favorable than Peyto Exploration & Development.
Peyto Exploration & Development has a net margin of 30.95% compared to Athabasca Oil's net margin of 3.63%. Peyto Exploration & Development's return on equity of 12.25% beat Athabasca Oil's return on equity.
17.8% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.0% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 2.4% of Peyto Exploration & Development shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Athabasca Oil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Peyto Exploration & Development beats Athabasca Oil on 13 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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