CHK vs. APA, SSL, AR, PR, EQT, MTDR, MUR, SWN, CHRD, and PDCE
Should you be buying Chesapeake Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chesapeake Energy include APA (APA), Sasol (SSL), Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), EQT (EQT), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Chord Energy (CHRD), and PDC Energy (PDCE). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Chesapeake Energy vs.
Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, dividends, profitability and community ranking.
Chesapeake Energy currently has a consensus target price of $109.91, indicating a potential upside of 33.92%. APA has a consensus target price of $47.57, indicating a potential upside of 18.28%. Given Chesapeake Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than APA.
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.
97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.5% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 0.1% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.2% of APA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.66, indicating that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 3.53, indicating that its stock price is 253% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chesapeake Energy has higher earnings, but lower revenue 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.
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 1.41 beat APA's score of 0.24 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Chesapeake Energy pays out 5.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 21.4% 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.
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.
Summary
Chesapeake Energy and APA tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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