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APA vs. FANG, DVN, EOG, MGY, MTDR, MUR, OVV, OXY, CVE, and WDS

Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), EOG Resources (EOG), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Ovintiv (OVV), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Cenovus Energy (CVE), and Woodside Energy Group (WDS). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

APA vs. Its Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 27.25% compared to APA's net margin of 10.53%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA10.53% 20.98% 7.21%
Diamondback Energy 27.25%9.48%5.63%

Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than APA. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Diamondback Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$9.74B0.91$804M$2.998.31
Diamondback Energy$14.01B3.05$3.34B$14.0710.49

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Diamondback Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

APA currently has a consensus price target of $23.78, suggesting a potential downside of 4.34%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus price target of $193.39, suggesting a potential upside of 31.02%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Diamondback Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
21 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.09

In the previous week, APA had 3 more articles in the media than Diamondback Energy. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for APA and 21 mentions for Diamondback Energy. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat APA's score of 0.20 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
5 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Diamondback Energy
21 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

APA has a beta of 1.29, meaning that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.15, meaning that its share price is 15% more volatile than the S&P 500.

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats APA on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding APA and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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APA vs. The Competition

MetricAPAOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$8.87B$8.01B$8.02B$10.36B
Dividend Yield4.24%4.97%10.79%4.58%
P/E Ratio8.2910.3840.2426.50
Price / Sales0.9110.101,214.0791.99
Price / Cash2.4314.9536.5461.85
Price / Book1.451.734.196.40
Net Income$804M$556.27M$4.28B$271.39M
7 Day Performance2.88%2.17%2.51%2.73%
1 Month Performance14.87%3.63%5.33%7.23%
1 Year Performance-1.91%-4.68%16.79%29.46%

APA Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APA
APA
2.4693 of 5 stars
$24.86
+3.6%
$23.78
-4.3%
-5.7%$8.87B$9.74B8.292,305Trending News
Analyst Revision
Gap Up
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.8492 of 5 stars
$138.03
-1.9%
$193.39
+40.1%
-23.2%$39.94B$11.07B9.811,983Positive News
DVN
Devon Energy
4.7303 of 5 stars
$34.12
-2.5%
$44.04
+29.1%
-16.2%$21.66B$17.16B7.652,300Positive News
EOG
EOG Resources
4.7679 of 5 stars
$115.92
-2.0%
$143.48
+23.8%
-9.5%$63.37B$23.70B11.283,150Positive News
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
2.8814 of 5 stars
$24.09
-2.1%
$26.42
+9.7%
-6.9%$4.60B$1.33B12.62210
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3371 of 5 stars
$45.38
-4.1%
$67.27
+48.2%
-10.9%$5.66B$3.50B6.66290Positive News
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.3377 of 5 stars
$26.36
-2.5%
$29.54
+12.0%
-21.7%$3.77B$3.03B13.67690
OVV
Ovintiv
4.4345 of 5 stars
$40.99
-2.4%
$52.53
+28.2%
+1.5%$10.55B$9.21B18.161,623Positive News
OXY
Occidental Petroleum
4.382 of 5 stars
$46.13
-2.6%
$54.70
+18.6%
-11.2%$45.41B$26.88B27.2913,323
CVE
Cenovus Energy
4.6548 of 5 stars
$16.91
-3.2%
$23.33
+38.0%
+0.8%$30.48B$55.62B16.787,150Positive News
WDS
Woodside Energy Group
1.474 of 5 stars
$15.12
-1.1%
N/A-11.9%$28.70B$13.18B18.434,667

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This page (NASDAQ:APA) was last updated on 9/24/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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