AESI vs. SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, MGY, and VRN
Should you be buying Atlas Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlas Energy Solutions include Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), and Veren (VRN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Southwestern Energy (NYSE:SWN) and Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, community ranking and profitability.
87.0% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.6% of Southwestern Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Southwestern Energy currently has a consensus target price of $8.25, suggesting a potential upside of 14.10%. Atlas Energy Solutions has a consensus target price of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 22.47%. Given Southwestern Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Atlas Energy Solutions is more favorable than Southwestern Energy.
Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 19.98% compared to Atlas Energy Solutions' net margin of -32.93%. Southwestern Energy's return on equity of 29.56% beat Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity.
In the previous week, Southwestern Energy had 1 more articles in the media than Atlas Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Southwestern Energy and 4 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.79 beat Southwestern Energy's score of 1.71 indicating that Southwestern Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Southwestern Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Energy Solutions. Southwestern Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlas Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Southwestern Energy received 907 more outperform votes than Atlas Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave Atlas Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 57.09% of users gave Southwestern Energy an outperform vote.
Southwestern Energy has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.73, suggesting that its stock price is 27% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Atlas Energy Solutions beats Southwestern Energy on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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