CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED vs DEVON ENERGY CORP/DE, two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNQ and DVN diverge most: on implied growth (priced in), CNQ reads -1.7% and DVN reads +22.1%; on debt / equity, CNQ reads 0.00 and DVN reads 0.31. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CNQ price has a different growth bar priced in than DVN (-1.7% implied for CNQ vs +22.1% for DVN); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DVN's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CNQ | DVN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $50.06 | $50.24 |
| Market cap | $104.7B | $55.3B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.7% | +22.1% |
| P/E | 13.2 | 11.9 |
| P/B | 3.21 | 1.32 |
| P/S | 3.67 | 2.73 |
| EV/EBITDA | 15.1 | 16.4 |
| Revenue growth | +8.4% | +18.6% |
| Net margin | 27.9% | 16.2% |
| Return on equity | 24.4% | 7.9% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 4.6% |
| FCF yield | 10.6% | 8.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.3% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.31 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.72 | 6.48 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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