OVV vs DVN vs APA Stock Comparison

Ovintiv, Devon Energy and Apa Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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OVV Ovintiv Inc.
$60.91 -0.9% 1M +66.2% 1Y
Market cap
$16.78B
P/E
12.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$10.34B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
2 wins
DVN Devon Energy Corp/De
$42.84 -10.8% 1M +32.5% 1Y
Market cap
$39.63B
P/E
12.1x
Revenue (TTM)
$20.38B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
3 wins
APA APA Corp
$43.48 -1.4% 1M +100.7% 1Y
Market cap
$15.54B
P/E
7.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.40B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
7 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Apa leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Apa 7, Devon Energy 3, Ovintiv 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionOVVDVNAPALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $16.78B $39.63B $15.54B DVN
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 12.7x 12.1x 7.2x APA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 7.7x 7.5x 6.6x APA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +15.5% +18.1% -3.5% DVN
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 12.8% 16.1% 23.1% APA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 10.2% -3.5% — OVV
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.9x 4.1x 0.5x APA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% APA
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +66.2% +32.5% +100.7% APA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +10.5%/yr -0.3%/yr +7.8%/yr OVV
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 36.6% 35.7% 45.2% DVN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 42/100 72/100 APA

Percentile Scorecard

OVVDVNAPA

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisOVVDVNAPA
Valuation 73 #27 of 98 39 #60 of 98 83 #18 of 98
Growth 68 #32 of 97 49 #50 of 97 56 #43 of 97
Profitability 70 #29 of 94 45 #52 of 94 100 #1 of 94
Financial Health 55 #46 of 101 39 #62 of 101 52 #49 of 101
Shareholder Returns 77 #19 of 79 37 #50 of 79 69 #25 of 79
Overall 69 42 72
  • OVV ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • DVN ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • APA ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodOVVDVNAPASPY
1 month -0.9%-10.8%-1.4% -5.9%
3 months +1.8%-0.6%+19.0% -4.6%
6 months +4.5%-5.5%+20.0% +0.2%
Year to date +55.4%+17.0%+77.8% +7.5%
1 year +66.2%+32.5%+100.7% +8.2%
3 years +28.5%-8.3%+10.6% +68.3%
3 years, per year +8.7%-2.9%+3.4% +19.0%
5 years +64.5%-1.7%+45.4% +56.5%
5 years, per year +10.5%-0.3%+7.8% +9.4%
10 years +24.3%+6.6%-22.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year +2.2%+0.6%-2.5% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureOVVDVNAPASPY
Volatility, 1Y 36.6%35.7%45.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.5%36.3%45.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.49-0.64-0.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 1.810.912.23 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -49.7%-65.7%-72.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.1%-17.7%-17.7% -5.9%
52-week high $72.62$52.08$52.82 $779.14
52-week low $36.64$32.34$21.66 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleOVVDVNAPA
P/E now vs peer median 12.6xmedian 10.1x 12.2xmedian 10.1x 7.0xmedian 10.1x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.7x 2.3xmedian 1.7x 1.6xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 5.3xmedian 5.1x 21.2xmedian 5.1x 2.9xmedian 5.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.6xmedian 8.9x 31.9xmedian 8.9x 6.9xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.4xmedian 1.3x 1.1xmedian 1.3x 1.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.64median 0.94 -0.55median 0.94 0.90median 0.94

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsOVVDVNAPA
Revenue $10.34B $20.38B $9.40B
Gross profit $9.51B $14.11B $8.57B
Operating income $1.55B -$1.35B $4.00B
Net income $1.32B $3.29B $2.50B
Free cash flow $2.51B $1.48B $2.11B
R&D – $54.00M $171.00M
EPS (diluted) $4.80 $3.49 $6.20
Cash & equivalents $176.00M – $75.00M
Total debt $3.59B $11.39B $3.30B
Shares (diluted) 275.40M 940.00M 350.00M
Enterprise value $15.60B $39.63B $14.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricOVVDVNAPA
P/E 12.6x 12.2x 7.0x
P/FCF 6.6x 31.9x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow 3.5x 5.5x 3.3x
P/S 1.6x 2.3x 1.6x
P/B 1.4x 1.1x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 1.4x 1.1x 1.8x
EV/EBITDA 5.3x 21.2x 2.9x
EV/EBIT 12.8x -43.2x 4.5x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 2.9x 1.9x
EV/FCF 7.9x 39.6x 8.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.2x 6.8x 4.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.64 -0.55 0.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricOVVDVNAPA
Revenue growth (1Y) 15.5% 18.1% -3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) -2.7% 5.9% 2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.6% 18.4% 7.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) -2.9% 4.9% 6.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) 122.8% 11.9% 30.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -18.2% -34.9% 5.0%
Net income growth (1Y) 459.7% 13.2% 39.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -19.8% -11.9% 9.9%
EPS growth (1Y) 424.6% -22.0% 47.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -19.7% -22.4% 7.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 26.7% 25.5% -6.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.6% 6.4% 8.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 68.8% 337.8% 9.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 26.5% 11.7% 21.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricOVVDVNAPA
Gross margin 92.0% 69.3% 91.2%
EBITDA margin 35.9% 13.5% 65.7%
Operating margin 15.0% -6.6% 42.6%
Pretax margin 8.6% -8.8% 40.4%
Net margin 12.8% 16.1% 23.1%
FCF margin 24.2% 7.2% 22.4%
Operating cash flow margin 45.6% 42.0% 47.3%
Return on equity 11.4% 11.5% 31.1%
Return on assets 6.8% 6.4% 13.9%
Return on invested capital 10.2% -3.5% –
Return on capital employed 9.1% -3.0% 26.3%
Asset turnover 0.5x 0.4x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 3.6x 2.6x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.7% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricOVVDVNAPA
Debt / assets 18.3% 16.1% 18.4%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.3x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.9x 4.1x 0.5x
Debt / FCF 1.4x 7.7x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 40.8% 41.1% 54.6%
Equity / assets 59.2% 58.9% 45.4%
Interest coverage 4.2x -2.7x 19.3x
Current ratio 0.8x 0.7x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.7x – 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.1x – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.18 1.39 2.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricOVVDVNAPA
Dividend yield 2.0% 2.6% 2.3%
Net buyback yield 5.0% 1.6% 4.2%
Shareholder yield 6.9% 4.2% 6.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) 24.7% 25.0% 14.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) 13.0% 55.6% 16.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) 5.2% 11.9% -3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.5% -34.6% 4.1%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusOVVDVNAPA
Forward P/E 7.7xFY2026 7.5xFY2026 6.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $7.90FY2026 $5.75FY2026 $6.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +57.7%FY2026 +46.7%FY2026 +74.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +1.4% -6.1% -17.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $10.54BFY2026 $24.57BFY2026 $8.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +18.3%FY2026 +42.9%FY2026 -3.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -11.8% +2.6% -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersOVVDVNAPA
Held by institutions 91.6% 92.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding 595 1,463 812
Change in shares held, QoQ +4.2% +86.7% +3.2%
Institutions buying 329 1,142 435
Institutions selling 178 232 244
Buyers to sellers 1.85 4.92 1.78

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

OVVDVNAPA
OVV 1.00 0.85 0.86
DVN 0.85 1.00 0.83
APA 0.86 0.83 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, OVV, DVN and APA?

Devon Energy (DVN) is the largest by market capitalisation: Ovintiv (OVV) $16.78B, Devon Energy (DVN) $39.63B, Apa (APA) $15.54B.

Which stock is cheaper, OVV, DVN and APA?

Apa (APA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Ovintiv (OVV) 12.7x, Devon Energy (DVN) 12.1x, Apa (APA) 7.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Apa (APA) is cheapest (Ovintiv (OVV) 7.7x, Devon Energy (DVN) 7.5x, Apa (APA) 6.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Devon Energy (DVN) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Ovintiv (OVV) +15.5%, Devon Energy (DVN) +18.1%, Apa (APA) -3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Apa (APA) has the highest net margin (Ovintiv (OVV) 12.8%, Devon Energy (DVN) 16.1%, Apa (APA) 23.1%). On return on invested capital, Ovintiv (OVV) leads (Ovintiv (OVV) 10.2%, Devon Energy (DVN) -3.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Apa (APA) returned the most: Ovintiv (OVV) +66.2%, Devon Energy (DVN) +32.5%, Apa (APA) +100.7%. Over five years, Ovintiv (OVV) compounded fastest (Ovintiv (OVV) +10.5%/yr, Devon Energy (DVN) -0.3%/yr, Apa (APA) +7.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Apa (APA) has the highest dividend yield: Ovintiv (OVV) 0.02%, Devon Energy (DVN) 0.02%, Apa (APA) 0.02%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Devon Energy (DVN) has been the steadiest (Ovintiv (OVV) 36.6%, Devon Energy (DVN) 35.7%, Apa (APA) 45.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, OVV, DVN and APA?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Apa (APA) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.