CPG vs. TOU, OVV, ARX, MEG, SCR, WCP, PSK, ERF, POU, and BTE
Should you be buying Crescent Point Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Point Energy include Tourmaline Oil (TOU), Ovintiv (OVV), ARC Resources (ARX), MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Whitecap Resources (WCP), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), and Baytex Energy (BTE). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
Crescent Point Energy (TSE:CPG) and Tourmaline Oil (TSE:TOU) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability and dividends.
Crescent Point Energy has a beta of 2.84, indicating that its share price is 184% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Tourmaline Oil has a beta of 1.39, indicating that its share price is 39% more volatile than the S&P 500.
47.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by institutional investors. 0.5% of Crescent Point Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Tourmaline Oil shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Crescent Point Energy pays an annual dividend of C$0.46 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Tourmaline Oil pays an annual dividend of C$1.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.9%. Crescent Point Energy pays out 93.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Tourmaline Oil pays out 25.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.
Crescent Point Energy received 109 more outperform votes than Tourmaline Oil when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 74.58% of users gave Crescent Point Energy an outperform vote while only 71.64% of users gave Tourmaline Oil an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Tourmaline Oil had 4 more articles in the media than Crescent Point Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Tourmaline Oil and 2 mentions for Crescent Point Energy. Tourmaline Oil's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Crescent Point Energy's score of 1.07 indicating that Tourmaline Oil is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Crescent Point Energy currently has a consensus price target of C$14.80, indicating a potential upside of 24.79%. Tourmaline Oil has a consensus price target of C$78.38, indicating a potential upside of 15.92%. Given Crescent Point Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Crescent Point Energy is more favorable than Tourmaline Oil.
Tourmaline Oil has a net margin of 35.78% compared to Crescent Point Energy's net margin of -1.65%. Tourmaline Oil's return on equity of 12.72% beat Crescent Point Energy's return on equity.
Tourmaline Oil has higher revenue and earnings than Crescent Point Energy. Tourmaline Oil is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Crescent Point Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Tourmaline Oil beats Crescent Point Energy on 15 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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