POU vs. BTE, ERF, WCP, PSK, PEY, SCR, ATH, NVA, VET, and PXT
Should you be buying Paramount Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Paramount Resources include Baytex Energy (BTE), Enerplus (ERF), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Athabasca Oil (ATH), NuVista Energy (NVA), Vermilion Energy (VET), and Parex Resources (PXT). 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 superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk 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, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
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.
In the previous week, Baytex Energy had 11 more articles in the media than Paramount Resources. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Baytex Energy and 3 mentions for Paramount Resources. Paramount Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Baytex Energy's score of 0.29 indicating that Baytex Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
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 Paramount Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Baytex Energy is more favorable than Paramount Resources.
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.
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.
Paramount Resources has a net margin of 19.97% compared to Paramount Resources' net margin of -9.88%. Baytex Energy's return on equity of 9.92% beat Paramount Resources' return on equity.
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.
Summary
Paramount Resources beats Baytex Energy on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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