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 -0.8% and DVN reads +5.0%; on debt / equity, CNQ reads 0.00 and DVN reads 0.61. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's CNQ price has a different growth bar priced in than DVN (-0.8% implied for CNQ vs +5.0% for DVN); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What DVN's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CNQ | DVN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $47.69 | $45.13 |
| Market cap | $99.7B | $27.9B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -0.8% | +5.0% |
| P/E | 12.6 | 12.6 |
| P/B | 3.06 | 1.81 |
| P/S | 3.50 | 1.63 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 9.9 |
| Revenue growth | +8.4% | +2.6% |
| Net margin | 27.9% | 13.2% |
| Return on equity | 24.4% | 14.7% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 7.0% |
| FCF yield | 11.1% | 10.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 1.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.61 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 1.01 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.63 | 6.97 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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