Ovintiv Valuation

Is OVV undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

6/6

Valuation Score 6/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of OVV when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: OVV (CA$54.32) is trading below our estimate of fair value (CA$122.47)

Significantly Below Fair Value: OVV is trading below fair value by more than 20%.


Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for OVV?

Key metric: As OVV is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for OVV. This is calculated by dividing OVV's market cap by their current earnings.
What is OVV's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio4.8x
EarningsUS$2.04b
Market CapUS$9.84b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does OVV's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for OVV vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average11.3x
ARX ARC Resources
11.4x16.9%CA$14.4b
TOU Tourmaline Oil
14.7x25.7%CA$22.9b
SCR Strathcona Resources
7.6x-9.6%CA$5.9b
MEG MEG Energy
11.6x-0.5%CA$5.8b
OVV Ovintiv
4.8x-13.0%CA$9.8b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: OVV is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.8x) compared to the peer average (11.3x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does OVV's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the CA Oil and Gas Industry?

7 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
HAM Highwood Asset Management
1.1x-41.1%US$57.10m
ALPS.U Alpine Summit Energy Partners
1xn/aUS$24.02m
KUB.H Carcetti Capital
0.7xn/aUS$5.82m
GCOM Green Shift Commodities
1.2xn/aUS$3.83m
OVV 4.8xIndustry Avg. 10.2xNo. of Companies11PE0612182430+
7 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: OVV is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.8x) compared to the Canadian Oil and Gas industry average (10.2x).


Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is OVV's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

OVV PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio4.8x
Fair PE Ratio10x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: OVV is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (4.8x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (10x).


Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst OVV forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCA$54.32
CA$82.98
+52.8%
11.1%CA$100.74CA$60.45n/a18
Dec ’25CA$63.81
CA$82.09
+28.6%
8.9%CA$97.78CA$67.05n/a18
Nov ’25CA$54.41
CA$74.98
+37.8%
8.4%CA$87.28CA$58.18n/a22
Oct ’25CA$54.43
CA$75.68
+39.0%
10.6%CA$91.74CA$56.66n/a22
Sep ’25CA$57.70
CA$83.24
+44.3%
8.0%CA$93.82CA$69.34n/a23
Aug ’25CA$61.74
CA$86.32
+39.8%
8.0%CA$95.73CA$70.75n/a23
Jul ’25CA$64.13
CA$86.50
+34.9%
8.2%CA$97.55CA$72.82n/a22
Jun ’25CA$70.40
CA$86.33
+22.6%
8.4%CA$97.52CA$72.44n/a22
May ’25CA$69.79
CA$85.07
+21.9%
8.6%CA$97.75CA$72.61n/a23
Apr ’25CA$70.71
CA$78.32
+10.8%
8.7%CA$92.10CA$66.37n/a22
Mar ’25CA$68.32
CA$73.46
+7.5%
10.9%CA$85.50CA$57.00n/a22
Feb ’25CA$56.38
CA$71.85
+27.4%
11.0%CA$84.41CA$56.27n/a22
Jan ’25CA$58.16
CA$75.56
+29.9%
13.3%CA$92.96CA$55.78n/a21
Dec ’24CA$59.66
CA$79.97
+34.0%
12.6%CA$95.86CA$57.51CA$63.8120
Nov ’24CA$66.08
CA$80.90
+22.4%
12.5%CA$95.98CA$57.59CA$54.4120
Oct ’24CA$64.59
CA$75.75
+17.3%
13.9%CA$93.09CA$52.62CA$54.4320
Sep ’24CA$65.64
CA$75.06
+14.3%
13.4%CA$93.56CA$52.88CA$57.7020
Aug ’24CA$62.26
CA$69.22
+11.2%
13.4%CA$84.39CA$51.42CA$61.7420
Jul ’24CA$50.42
CA$70.77
+40.4%
15.5%CA$84.78CA$47.69CA$64.1319
Jun ’24CA$45.85
CA$74.63
+62.8%
18.1%CA$106.04CA$48.94CA$70.4019
May ’24CA$48.71
CA$76.83
+57.7%
15.3%CA$105.13CA$53.91CA$69.7920
Apr ’24CA$48.72
CA$83.13
+70.6%
15.2%CA$107.90CA$54.63CA$70.7122
Mar ’24CA$61.46
CA$86.22
+40.3%
13.2%CA$107.42CA$67.99CA$68.3222
Feb ’24CA$63.12
CA$87.15
+38.1%
12.3%CA$113.09CA$67.85CA$56.3822
Jan ’24CA$68.56
CA$93.33
+36.1%
11.7%CA$124.29CA$81.95CA$58.1621
Dec ’23CA$73.22
CA$91.65
+25.2%
11.3%CA$121.52CA$77.45CA$59.6619

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.


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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 03:44
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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  • Analyst price targets
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Ownership10 years
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Key Developments10 years
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Analyst Sources

Ovintiv Inc. is covered by 67 analysts. 10 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Patrick O'RourkeATB Capital Markets
Ishan MajumdarBaptista Research
Thomas DriscollBarclays