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Apergy (APY) Competitors

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APY vs. CHX, DOV, AZEK, KBR, AWI, SSD, LPX, TREX, FLR, and UFPI

Should you be buying Apergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apergy include ChampionX (CHX), Dover (DOV), AZEK (AZEK), KBR (KBR), Armstrong World Industries (AWI), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Trex (TREX), Fluor (FLR), and UFP Industries (UFPI).

Apergy vs.

ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) and Apergy (NYSE:APY) are both construction companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, valuation, earnings, community ranking, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and media sentiment.

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Apergy's net margin of -57.05%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.84% beat Apergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
ChampionX8.81% 19.84% 10.40%
Apergy -57.05%6.94%3.41%

99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Apergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.5% of ChampionX shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Apergy shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
ChampionX$3.58B1.31$320.27M$1.5116.23
Apergy$1.13B1.68$52.16M$0.9924.75

Apergy received 133 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.67% of users gave Apergy an outperform vote while only 54.00% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ChampionXOutperform Votes
27
54.00%
Underperform Votes
23
46.00%
ApergyOutperform Votes
160
68.67%
Underperform Votes
73
31.33%

ChampionX has a beta of 1.52, indicating that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apergy has a beta of 3.56, indicating that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, ChampionX had 11 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ChampionX and 0 mentions for Apergy. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 1.66 beat Apergy's score of 0.00 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ChampionX Very Positive
Apergy Neutral

ChampionX currently has a consensus price target of $37.67, suggesting a potential upside of 53.74%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Apergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
ChampionX
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Apergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00

Summary

ChampionX beats Apergy on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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APY vs. The Competition

MetricApergyConstruction, Mining, & Materials Handling Machinery & Equipment IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.90B$6.69B$8.64B$19.30B
Dividend YieldN/A2.05%2.05%3.83%
P/E Ratio-3.057.3816.4434.53
Price / Sales1.681.3073.2934.84
Price / Cash4.0110.3021.7617.51
Price / Book1.832.094.604.69
Net Income$52.16M$847.24M$553.80M$1.02B

Apergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APY
Apergy
N/A$24.50
-0.5%
N/A-25.1%$1.90B$1.13B-3.053,000
CHX
ChampionX
3.7382 of 5 stars
$25.50
-1.8%
$37.67
+47.7%
-25.5%$4.97B$3.58B15.457,300Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.6537 of 5 stars
$186.33
-0.2%
$207.75
+11.5%
-4.1%$25.55B$7.73B9.5825,000Trending News
AZEK
AZEK
2.3387 of 5 stars
$51.24
flat
$53.93
+5.3%
+5.9%$7.37B$1.52B51.762,180Positive News
KBR
KBR
4.7938 of 5 stars
$55.47
-1.2%
$68.86
+24.1%
-20.7%$7.20B$7.98B23.3130,000Positive News
Gap Up
AWI
Armstrong World Industries
3.9076 of 5 stars
$159.82
-0.2%
$157.57
-1.4%
+35.4%$6.94B$1.50B28.193,000Positive News
Gap Up
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.4014 of 5 stars
$163.49
-0.3%
$188.50
+15.3%
-9.8%$6.84B$2.24B21.513,970Positive News
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
4.0761 of 5 stars
$94.85
-0.7%
$107.38
+13.2%
+2.6%$6.60B$2.94B16.134,300Positive News
Ex-Dividend
TREX
Trex
3.7103 of 5 stars
$60.61
-0.4%
$76.65
+26.5%
-35.0%$6.50B$1.12B27.681,640Gap Down
FLR
Fluor
4.4124 of 5 stars
$37.88
-1.6%
$45.43
+19.9%
-7.7%$6.24B$16.56B3.1139,600Positive News
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.733 of 5 stars
$101.86
-0.7%
$143.00
+40.4%
-18.3%$6.15B$6.61B15.0515,500News Coverage
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This page (NYSE:APY) was last updated on 5/23/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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