APA vs. XEC, COG, PE, WPX, CVE, FANG, DVN, CTRA, EQT, and MRO
Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Cimarex Energy (XEC), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Parsley Energy (PE), WPX Energy (WPX), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Coterra Energy (CTRA), EQT (EQT), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Cimarex Energy (NYSE:XEC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, profitability, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, dividends and earnings.
APA currently has a consensus target price of $41.90, suggesting a potential upside of 42.71%. Given APA's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than Cimarex Energy.
In the previous week, APA had 44 more articles in the media than Cimarex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 44 mentions for APA and 0 mentions for Cimarex Energy. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.36 beat Cimarex Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Cimarex Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. APA pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cimarex Energy pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Cimarex Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cimarex Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
APA has a net margin of 34.04% compared to Cimarex Energy's net margin of -1.19%. APA's return on equity of 45.32% beat Cimarex Energy's return on equity.
Cimarex Energy received 847 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Cimarex Energy an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
APA has a beta of 3.29, meaning that its stock price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cimarex Energy has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Cimarex Energy. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cimarex Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
APA beats Cimarex Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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