APA vs. AR, RRC, CHK, MTDR, SWN, CHRD, MUR, VNOM, PR, and SM
Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Chord Energy (CHRD), Murphy Oil (MUR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Permian Resources (PR), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, dividends, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and profitability.
83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by 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 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.
APA currently has a consensus target price of $42.10, suggesting a potential upside of 31.32%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $30.69, suggesting a potential downside of 1.02%. Given APA's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe APA is more favorable than Antero Resources.
APA has a net margin of 34.95% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 5.19%. APA's return on equity of 62.64% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
In the previous week, APA had 15 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 35 mentions for APA and 20 mentions for Antero Resources. Antero Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat APA's score of 0.35 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antero Resources received 655 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 44.60% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
APA has a beta of 3.27, suggesting that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.3, suggesting that its share price is 230% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Antero Resources beats APA on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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