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NASDAQ:APA

APA (APA) Competitors

$40.22
+0.08 (+0.20%)
(As of 09/22/2023 08:51 PM ET)
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Today's Range
$40.07
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$41.04
50-Day Range
$36.33
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$45.32
52-Week Range
$30.67
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$50.58
Volume
2.20 million shs
Average Volume
5.36 million shs
Market Capitalization
$12.36 billion
P/E Ratio
8.61
Dividend Yield
2.49%
Price Target
$47.57
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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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$9.16B1.35$3.67B$4.678.61
Chesapeake Energy$11.74B0.93$4.94B$42.451.93

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
APAOutperform Votes
78
45.09%
Underperform Votes
95
54.91%
Chesapeake EnergyOutperform Votes
46
63.89%
Underperform Votes
26
36.11%

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.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
9 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
4 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Chesapeake Energy
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA16.14% 117.05% 13.25%
Chesapeake Energy 49.75%18.92%11.68%

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.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.47
Chesapeake Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

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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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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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

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MetricAPACrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$12.36B$8.38B$6.91B$6.25B
Dividend Yield2.49%17.08%11.49%9.75%
P/E Ratio8.613.3711.6011.17
Price / Sales1.353.4275.5656.12
Price / Cash3.414.0112.6225.76
Price / Book9.622.629.114.79
Net Income$3.67B$1.85B$1.23B$185.19M
7 Day Performance-5.83%-3.14%-1.03%3.51%
1 Month Performance-5.87%-0.79%0.57%8.58%
1 Year Performance22.36%19.56%44.64%4.85%

APA Competitors List

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CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CHK
Chesapeake Energy
3.0339 of 5 stars		$84.67
-0.7%		$109.91
+29.8%		-11.7%$11.21B$11.74B1.991,200Positive News
EQT
EQT
3.0009 of 5 stars		$40.99
-0.5%		$47.07
+14.8%		-6.8%$14.82B$7.50B4.61744
MRO
Marathon Oil
3.123 of 5 stars		$26.75
-0.6%		$32.31
+20.8%		+19.5%$16.20B$8.04B8.441,570
SSL
Sasol
1.2504 of 5 stars		$12.83
+0.5%		N/A-20.3%$8.16B$16.30B0.0029,073
AR
Antero Resources
2.7184 of 5 stars		$25.93
-1.0%		$33.83
+30.5%		-22.5%$7.79B$7.14B5.84604
PR
Permian Resources
3.1064 of 5 stars		$13.42
-1.0%		$15.23
+13.5%		+106.6%$7.60B$2.13B9.07218
MTDR
Matador Resources
3.3185 of 5 stars		$60.30
-1.6%		$72.11
+19.6%		+15.9%$7.18B$3.06B7.87360Analyst Revision
MUR
Murphy Oil
3.1025 of 5 stars		$45.24
-0.5%		$49.10
+8.5%		+31.2%$7.06B$3.93B7.00691Positive News
SWN
Southwestern Energy
2.3658 of 5 stars		$6.29
-0.8%		$7.42
+18.1%		-3.0%$6.92B$15.00B1.261,118Positive News
CHRD
Chord Energy
3.1635 of 5 stars		$155.90
-1.0%		$186.00
+19.3%		+25.2%$6.47B$3.65B3.81531Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:APA) was last updated on 9/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff

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