CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED vs Diamondback Energy, Inc., two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where CNQ and FANG diverge most: on debt / equity, CNQ reads 0.00 and FANG reads 0.33; on return on equity, CNQ reads 24.4% and FANG reads 0.7%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | CNQ | FANG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $47.69 | $203.00 |
| Market cap | $99.7B | $57.4B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.6% | — |
| P/E | 12.6 | 207.1 |
| P/B | 3.06 | 1.35 |
| P/S | 3.50 | 3.77 |
| EV/EBITDA | 14.4 | 14.4 |
| Revenue growth | +8.4% | +23.1% |
| Operating margin | — | 2.7% |
| Net margin | 27.9% | 1.9% |
| Return on equity | 24.4% | 0.7% |
| Return on assets | 11.8% | 0.4% |
| Return on invested capital | — | -0.4% |
| FCF yield | 11.1% | 14.3% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.0% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.33 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.56 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 2.63 | 1.53 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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