AROC vs. AM, DTM, ETRN, KNTK, ENLC, TGS, USAC, KGS, NGL, and SMLP
Should you be buying Archrock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archrock include Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), Kinetik (KNTK), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) and Archrock (NYSE:AROC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Antero Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Antero Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Antero Midstream currently has a consensus target price of $12.70, suggesting a potential downside of 12.29%. Archrock has a consensus target price of $19.67, suggesting a potential upside of 4.00%. Given Antero Midstream's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Archrock is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to Antero Midstream's net margin of 12.54%. Archrock's return on equity of 20.82% beat Antero Midstream's return on equity.
In the previous week, Antero Midstream and Antero Midstream both had 4 articles in the media. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.24 beat Antero Midstream's score of 0.99 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Antero Midstream received 85 more outperform votes than Archrock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 61.98% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote.
Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Archrock pays out 79.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Archrock has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.31, suggesting that its stock price is 131% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.57, suggesting that its stock price is 57% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats Archrock on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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