CNQ vs. TOU, OVV, ARX, MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, and POU
Should you be buying Canadian Natural Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Canadian Natural Resources include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), and Paramount Resources (POU). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Canadian Natural Resources (TSE:CNQ) and Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, risk, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Canadian Natural Resources' net margin of 20.86%. Canadian Natural Resources' return on equity of 19.01% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.
80.0% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.2% of Canadian Natural Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Canadian Natural Resources has a beta of 1.97, meaning that its stock price is 97% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, meaning that its stock price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Canadian Natural Resources pays an annual dividend of C$4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Canadian Natural Resources pays out 58.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Tourmaline Oil pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Canadian Natural Resources and Canadian Natural Resources both had 2 articles in the media. Canadian Natural Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.80 indicating that Canadian Natural Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Canadian Natural Resources presently has a consensus price target of C$110.56, indicating a potential upside of 14.29%. Tourmaline Oil has a consensus price target of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 17.66%. Given Tourmaline Oil's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than Canadian Natural Resources.
Canadian Natural Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Tourmaline Oil. Tourmaline Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Canadian Natural Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tourmaline Oil received 72 more outperform votes than Canadian Natural Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 59.35% of users gave Canadian Natural Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Canadian Natural Resources and Tourmaline Oil tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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