FRU vs. MEG, SCR, CPG, PSK, WCP, ERF, POU, BTE, PEY, and NVA
Should you be buying Freehold Royalties stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Freehold Royalties include MEG Energy (MEG), Strathcona Resources (SCR), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), PrairieSky Royalty (PSK), Whitecap Resources (WCP), Enerplus (ERF), Paramount Resources (POU), Baytex Energy (BTE), Peyto Exploration & Development (PEY), and NuVista Energy (NVA). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas e&p" industry.
MEG Energy (TSE:MEG) and Freehold Royalties (TSE:FRU) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk, dividends, media sentiment and earnings.
Freehold Royalties received 151 more outperform votes than MEG Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.78% of users gave Freehold Royalties an outperform vote while only 56.87% of users gave MEG Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Freehold Royalties' average media sentiment score of 0.00 equaled MEG Energy'saverage media sentiment score.
MEG Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Freehold Royalties. MEG Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Freehold Royalties, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
MEG Energy currently has a consensus target price of C$32.67, indicating a potential upside of 14.30%. Freehold Royalties has a consensus target price of C$17.55, indicating a potential upside of 25.00%. Given MEG Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Freehold Royalties is more favorable than MEG Energy.
Freehold Royalties has a net margin of 43.19% compared to Freehold Royalties' net margin of 10.58%. MEG Energy's return on equity of 14.40% beat Freehold Royalties' return on equity.
41.4% of MEG Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 28.6% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of MEG Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Freehold Royalties shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
MEG Energy has a beta of 3.12, meaning that its share price is 212% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Freehold Royalties has a beta of 2, meaning that its share price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Freehold Royalties beats MEG Energy on 11 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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