AR vs. APA, CHK, RRC, PR, SWN, OVV, MTDR, CHRD, VNOM, and MUR
Should you be buying Antero Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antero Resources include APA (APA), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Range Resources (RRC), Permian Resources (PR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Ovintiv (OVV), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), and Murphy Oil (MUR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, valuation and institutional ownership.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
APA presently has a consensus price target of $41.90, suggesting a potential upside of 40.46%. Antero Resources has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 3.28%. Given Antero Resources' higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Antero Resources.
Antero Resources received 654 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 43.75% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
APA has a beta of 3.29, suggesting that its share price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.27, suggesting that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, APA had 23 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 41 mentions for APA and 18 mentions for Antero Resources. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.87 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.36 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
APA has a net margin of 34.04% compared to APA's net margin of 1.50%. Antero Resources' return on equity of 45.32% beat APA's return on equity.
Summary
APA beats Antero Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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