SCR vs. TOU, OVV, ARX, MEG, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, and BTE
Should you be buying Strathcona Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Strathcona Resources include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) and Strathcona Resources (TSE:SCR) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, profitability, risk, media sentiment, dividends and community ranking.
Tourmaline Oil received 715 more outperform votes than Strathcona Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote while only 64.24% of users gave Strathcona Resources an outperform vote.
53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.9% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 91.8% of Strathcona Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Tourmaline Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Tourmaline Oil, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Tourmaline Oil's net margin of 13.85%. Strathcona Resources' return on equity of 12.72% beat Tourmaline Oil's return on equity.
Tourmaline Oil presently has a consensus price target of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Strathcona Resources has a consensus price target of C$34.57, indicating a potential downside of 5.77%. Given Strathcona Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Tourmaline Oil is more favorable than Strathcona Resources.
In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil had 4 more articles in the media than Strathcona Resources. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tourmaline Oil and 2 mentions for Strathcona Resources. Strathcona Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Tourmaline Oil's score of 0.10 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Tourmaline Oil beats Strathcona Resources on 17 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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