Amplify Energy (AMPY) Competitors

Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) and Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings and dividends.

Which has more risk and volatility, CHRD or AMPY?

Chord Energy has a beta of 0.94, suggesting that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplify Energy has a beta of 0.44, suggesting that its stock price is 56% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in CHRD or AMPY?

97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 10.3% of Amplify Energy shares are held by company 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.

Is CHRD or AMPY a better dividend stock?

Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.8%. Amplify Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.3%. Chord Energy pays out 132.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Amplify Energy pays out 114.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Chord Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Amplify Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CHRD or AMPY?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Amplify Energy. Amplify Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Chord Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Chord Energy	$5.25B	0.98	$848.63M	$3.93	22.86
Amplify Energy	$279.29M	0.63	$12.95M	$0.35	12.33

Does the media prefer CHRD or AMPY?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 16 more articles in the media than Amplify Energy. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Chord Energy and 3 mentions for Amplify Energy. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat Amplify Energy's score of 0.51 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Chord Energy	7 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Amplify Energy	1 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do analysts prefer CHRD or AMPY?

Chord Energy presently has a consensus target price of $138.38, indicating a potential upside of 54.05%. Amplify Energy has a consensus target price of $8.50, indicating a potential upside of 96.99%. Given Amplify Energy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Amplify Energy is more favorable than Chord Energy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Chord Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	3 Hold rating(s)	10 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.77
Amplify Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is CHRD or AMPY more profitable?

Amplify Energy has a net margin of 5.64% compared to Chord Energy's net margin of 5.02%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 9.02% beat Amplify Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Chord Energy	5.02%	9.02%	5.97%
Amplify Energy	5.64%	6.61%	3.59%

Summary

Chord Energy beats Amplify Energy on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.