Ovintiv vs SM Energy
OVV and SM side by side, both in crude petroleum and natural gas. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How OVV and SM compare
Ovintiv is the larger company, worth 2.1 times as much as SM Energy ($20.0B against $9.6B).
On earnings, SM Energy is cheaper: it trades at 7.9× trailing earnings, against 20.6× for Ovintiv.
SM Energy grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (75.4% versus 6.0% for Ovintiv).
SM Energy keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 18.2% compared with 9.4% at Ovintiv.
Both pay dividends: Ovintiv yields 1.7% and SM Energy 2.1%.
SM Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (13 against 10 for Ovintiv), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | OVV | SM |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $20.0B | $9.6B |
| Share price | $72.62 | $40.38 |
| Change, 1 year | 96.8% | 95.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 96.1% | 9.0% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.80 | 0.92 |
| Employees | 1,465 | 1,241 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 13 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 20.6× | 7.9× (better) |
| P/S | 2.1× | 1.7× (better) |
| P/B | 1.7× | 1.2× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 7.4× | 5.5× (better) |
| P/FCF | 8.8× | – |
| FCF yield | 11.3% | – |
| Fair value | $46.06 | $45.25 |
| Margin of safety | −57.6% | 10.8% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 6.0% | 75.4% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 7.9% | 22.9% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 54.6% (better) | 23.1% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 56.2% (better) | −27.9% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | – | 74.2% |
| Operating margin | 9.7% | 29.6% (better) |
| Net margin | 9.4% | 18.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | 23.2% | – |
| Return on equity | 8.4% | 16.1% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | 6.3% | 21.0% (better) |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | – |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.96 | – |
| Interest coverage | 2.4× | 5.2× (better) |
| Current ratio | 1.01 (better) | 0.62 |
| Altman Z-score | 2.36 (better) | 1.31 |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 (better) | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.7% | 2.1% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 35.0% | 18.1% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 26.2% | 109% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 2.9% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 4.6% (better) | 2.1% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 93.1% | 96.7% |
| Held by insiders | 0.48% | 0.90% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$5.7M | −$1.6M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 3.9% | 5.9% |
Go deeper
- OVV stock overview
- OVV income statement
- OVV valuation and score
- SM stock overview
- SM income statement
- SM valuation and score
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