APA vs. AR, RRC, SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHK, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, and PR
Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, profitability, media sentiment, community ranking, earnings and dividends.
APA has a beta of 3.29, suggesting that its stock price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.27, suggesting that its stock price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Resources received 655 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.82% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 44.24% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
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 22 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 43 mentions for APA and 21 mentions for Antero Resources. Antero Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.56 beat APA's score of -0.02 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
APA presently has a consensus target price of $42.05, suggesting a potential upside of 43.71%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $32.08, suggesting a potential downside of 3.21%. Given APA's higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than Antero Resources.
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, 6.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
APA has a net margin of 34.04% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 1.50%. APA's return on equity of 50.56% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
Summary
APA beats Antero Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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