SCR vs. PSK, WCP, CPG, ERF, POU, MEG, BTE, PEY, ATH, and NVA
Should you be buying Strathcona Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strathcona Resources include PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), MEG Energy (MEG), 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.
PrairieSky Royalty (TSE:PSK) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
59.8% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.5% of PrairieSky Royalty shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 91.8% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Strathcona Resources had 11 more articles in the media than PrairieSky Royalty. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Strathcona Resources and 0 mentions for PrairieSky Royalty. PrairieSky Royalty's average media sentiment score of 0.65 beat Strathcona Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that Strathcona Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
PrairieSky Royalty currently has a consensus target price of C$27.30, indicating a potential upside of 6.02%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus target price of C$34.57, indicating a potential downside of 1.37%. Given Strathcona Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe PrairieSky Royalty is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.
PrairieSky Royalty has a net margin of 45.90% compared to PrairieSky Royalty's net margin of 13.85%. PrairieSky Royalty's return on equity of 12.32% beat Strathcona Resources' return on equity.
Strathcona Resources has higher revenue and earnings than PrairieSky Royalty. Strathcona Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than PrairieSky Royalty, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
PrairieSky Royalty received 390 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 64.24% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote while only 61.85% of users gave PrairieSky Royalty an outperform vote.
Summary
PrairieSky Royalty beats Strathcona Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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