How to buy Paramount Resources stock in Canada

Paramount Resources is an oil & gas e&p business based in Canada. Paramount Resources shares (POU) are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) and all prices are listed in Canadian Dollars.

Its last market close was C$19.01 , which is an increase of 4.22% over the previous week. Paramount Resources employs 566 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around C$1.8 billion.

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Paramount Resources stock price (Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX): POU)

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Information last updated 2025-05-14.

Latest market close	C$19.01
52-week range	C$12.45 - C$18.82
50-day moving average more info button	C$16.61
200-day moving average more info button	C$25.14
Wall St. target price	C$22.80
PE ratio more info button	8.1121
Dividend yield more info button	C$1.7 (3.29%)
Earnings per share (TTM) more info button	C$2.32

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Is Paramount Resources stock undervalued or overvalued?

Valuing Paramount Resources stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Paramount Resources's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Paramount Resources's P/E ratio

Paramount Resources's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 8x. In other words, Paramount Resources shares trade at around 8x recent earnings.

Paramount Resources's EBITDA

Paramount Resources's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is C$847.7 million.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Paramount Resources's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Paramount Resources financials

Revenue TTM	C$1.8 billion
Operating margin TTM	19.1%
Gross profit TTM	C$866.8 million
Return on assets TTM	5.64%
Return on equity TTM	50.23%
Profit margin	87.47%
Book value	C$18.27
Market Capitalization more info button	C$2.7 billion
EBITDA more info button	C$847.7 million

TTM: trailing 12 months

Paramount Resources stock dividends

Dividend payout ratio: 1.82% of net profits

Recently Paramount Resources has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Paramount Resources shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Paramount Resources's case, that would currently equate to about C$1.7 per share.

While Paramount Resources's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Paramount Resources is investing more in its future growth.

Paramount Resources's most recent dividend payout was on 29 May 2025. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their stocks by 14 May 2025 (the "ex-dividend date").

Have Paramount Resources's stocks ever split?

Paramount Resources's stocks were split on a 1066:1000 basis on 4 January 2017 . So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1066 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Paramount Resources stocks – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 6.2% lower stock price could have impacted the market appetite for Paramount Resources stocks, which in turn could have impacted Paramount Resources's stock price.

Paramount Resources stock price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Paramount Resources's stocks have ranged in value from as little as C$12.4548 up to C$18.8206. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta."

Beta is a measure of a stocks volatility in relation to the market. The market (TO average) beta is 1, while Paramount Resources's is 1.841. This would suggest that Paramount Resources's stocks are more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Paramount Resources overview

Paramount Resources Ltd., an energy company, explores for and develops conventional and unconventional petroleum and natural gas reserves and resources in Canada. It holds interests in the Willesden Green Duvernay development covering an area of 263,000 net acres of contiguous Duvernay rights located in central Alberta; the shale gas properties consisting of 113,000 net acres of Muskwa rights situated in northeast British Columbia in the Horn River Basin; the Liard Basin comprising 179,000 net acres of Besa River rights located in northeast British Columbia; and the Kaybob North Duvernay development and other natural gas and oil producing properties covering an area of 109,000 net acres of Duvernay rights and 179,000 net acres of Montney rights located in the Kaybob Region. The company was founded in 1976 and is based in Calgary, Canada..

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Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Paramount Resources is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 46.751% of Paramount Resources stocks are held by insiders and 8.612% by institutions. How many people work for Paramount Resources?
Latest data suggests 566 work at Paramount Resources. When does the fiscal year end for Paramount Resources?
Paramount Resources's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Paramount Resources based?
Paramount Resources's address is: 888 ? 3rd Street SW, Calgary, AB, Canada, T2P 5C5 What is Paramount Resources's ISIN number?
Paramount Resources's international securities identification number is: CA6993202069 What is Paramount Resources's CUSIP number?
Paramount Resources's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 699320206

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