APA vs. CHK, EQT, MRO, SSL, AR, PR, MTDR, MUR, SWN, and CHRD
Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Chesapeake Energy (CHK), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Sasol (SSL), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
APA vs.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends and institutional ownership.
Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than APA. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. APA pays out 21.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chesapeake Energy pays out 5.4% 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. Chesapeake Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
APA received 32 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.89% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 45.09% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
In the previous week, APA had 29 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for APA and 3 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat APA's score of 0.21 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chesapeake Energy has a net margin of 49.75% compared to APA's net margin of 16.14%. APA's return on equity of 117.05% beat Chesapeake Energy's return on equity.
APA presently has a consensus price target of $47.57, suggesting a potential upside of 18.28%. Chesapeake Energy has a consensus price target of $109.91, suggesting a potential upside of 33.92%. Given Chesapeake Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than APA.
80.5% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.2% of APA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
APA has a beta of 3.53, indicating that its stock price is 253% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Chesapeake Energy beats APA on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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