AESI vs. APA, CHRD, PTEN, HAL, LBRT, MGY, MUR, NOG, OII, and PUMP
Should you be buying Atlas Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlas Energy Solutions include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Murphy Oil (MUR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Oceaneering International (OII), and ProPetro (PUMP). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Atlas Energy Solutions vs. Its Competitors
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) are both energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, media sentiment, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Atlas Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.7%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlas Energy Solutions pays out 714.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Atlas Energy Solutions has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Atlas Energy Solutions is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
In the previous week, APA had 20 more articles in the media than Atlas Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for APA and 4 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat APA's score of 0.30 indicating that Atlas Energy Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Energy Solutions. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Atlas Energy Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
APA presently has a consensus target price of $23.78, suggesting a potential downside of 1.77%. Atlas Energy Solutions has a consensus target price of $18.83, suggesting a potential upside of 63.70%. Given Atlas Energy Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Atlas Energy Solutions is more favorable than APA.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 16.0% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Atlas Energy Solutions' net margin of 1.20%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity.
APA has a beta of 1.29, indicating that its stock price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 1.19, indicating that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
APA beats Atlas Energy Solutions on 10 of the 19 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 NYSE 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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This page (NYSE:AESI) was last updated on 9/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
