VET vs. NVA, ATH, PXT, IPCO, PEY, FRU, HWX, AAV, BIR, and BTE
Should you be buying Vermilion Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Vermilion Energy include NuVista Energy (NVA), Athabasca Oil (ATH), Parex Resources (PXT), International Petroleum (IPCO), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), Freehold Royalties (FRU), Headwater Exploration (HWX), Advantage Energy (AAV), Birchcliff Energy (BIR), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
NuVista Energy (TSE:NVA) and Vermilion Energy (TSE:VET) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends and risk.
NuVista Energy received 148 more outperform votes than Vermilion Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.94% of users gave NuVista Energy an outperform vote while only 57.25% of users gave Vermilion Energy an outperform vote.
NuVista Energy has a beta of 2.83, suggesting that its stock price is 183% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Vermilion Energy has a beta of 2.73, suggesting that its stock price is 173% more volatile than the S&P 500.
NuVista Energy has a net margin of 29.12% compared to NuVista Energy's net margin of -34.11%. Vermilion Energy's return on equity of 18.16% beat NuVista Energy's return on equity.
NuVista Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$15.03, indicating a potential upside of 16.13%. Vermilion Energy has a consensus target price of C$21.71, indicating a potential upside of 29.52%. Given NuVista Energy's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Vermilion Energy is more favorable than NuVista Energy.
NuVista Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Vermilion Energy. Vermilion Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than NuVista Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
24.8% of NuVista Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 37.7% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 20.3% of NuVista Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.2% of Vermilion Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, NuVista Energy and NuVista Energy both had 10 articles in the media. NuVista Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.75 beat Vermilion Energy's score of 0.49 indicating that Vermilion Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
NuVista Energy beats Vermilion Energy on 12 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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