APA vs. XEC, COG, PE, WPX, FANG, CVE, DVN, EC, CTRA, and WDS
Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Cimarex Energy (XEC), Cabot Oil & Gas (COG), Parsley Energy (PE), WPX Energy (WPX), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Devon Energy (DVN), Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), and Woodside Energy Group (WDS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Cimarex Energy (NYSE:XEC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, community ranking, valuation and earnings.
APA presently has a consensus target price of $37.81, indicating a potential upside of 49.80%. Given APA's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Cimarex Energy.
APA has a beta of 3.24, meaning that its stock price is 224% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cimarex Energy has a beta of 2.6, meaning that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Cimarex Energy. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Cimarex Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
APA has a net margin of 32.66% compared to Cimarex Energy's net margin of -1.19%. APA's return on equity of 35.95% beat Cimarex Energy's return on equity.
Cimarex Energy received 841 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 71.65% of users gave Cimarex Energy an outperform vote while only 43.51% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.0%. Cimarex Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.08 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. APA pays out 11.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cimarex Energy pays out 77.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. APA is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
In the previous week, APA had 27 more articles in the media than Cimarex Energy. MarketBeat recorded 28 mentions for APA and 1 mentions for Cimarex Energy. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.59 beat Cimarex Energy's score of 0.00 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.5% of Cimarex Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.0% of Cimarex Energy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
APA beats Cimarex Energy on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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