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Apergy (APY) Competitors

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APY vs. CHX, DOV, CX, EXP, AYI, AZEK, KBR, AAON, UFPI, and SSD

Should you be buying Apergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apergy include ChampionX (CHX), Dover (DOV), CEMEX (CX), Eagle Materials (EXP), Acuity Brands (AYI), AZEK (AZEK), KBR (KBR), AAON (AAON), UFP Industries (UFPI), and Simpson Manufacturing (SSD).

Apergy vs.

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

93.5% of Apergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Apergy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of ChampionX shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

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
Apergy$1.13B1.65$52.16M$0.9924.37
ChampionX$3.63B1.29$320.27M$1.5116.25

ChampionX has a consensus price target of $36.50, indicating a potential upside of 48.74%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Apergy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Apergy
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
0 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
0.00
ChampionX
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

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
Apergy-57.05% 6.94% 3.41%
ChampionX 8.81%19.84%10.40%

Apergy received 134 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.67% of users gave Apergy an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ApergyOutperform Votes
160
68.67%
Underperform Votes
73
31.33%
ChampionXOutperform Votes
26
53.06%
Underperform Votes
23
46.94%

In the previous week, ChampionX had 18 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 18 mentions for ChampionX and 0 mentions for Apergy. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 1.60 beat Apergy's score of 0.00 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Apergy Neutral
ChampionX Very Positive

Apergy has a beta of 3.56, meaning that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChampionX has a beta of 1.81, meaning that its stock price is 81% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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$1.87B$6.44B$8.32B$18.96B
Dividend YieldN/A2.11%2.12%4.01%
P/E Ratio-3.007.2515.6632.87
Price / Sales1.651.2670.0428.03
Price / Cash4.0110.3021.4017.52
Price / Book1.802.034.174.47
Net Income$52.16M$847.24M$535.55M$1.02B

Apergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APY
Apergy
N/A$24.13
-2.2%
N/A-26.5%$1.87B$1.13B-3.003,000Gap Down
High Trading Volume
CHX
ChampionX
3.4087 of 5 stars
$24.99
-1.7%
$36.50
+46.1%
-28.1%$4.77B$3.63B15.157,300Earnings Report
News Coverage
Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.7202 of 5 stars
$158.04
-1.9%
$208.17
+31.7%
-4.7%$22.08B$7.75B8.1325,000Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
CX
CEMEX
3.9073 of 5 stars
$5.29
-2.0%
$7.63
+44.2%
-22.0%$7.67B$16.20B8.4043,500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
EXP
Eagle Materials
3.871 of 5 stars
$209.60
-3.1%
$279.40
+33.3%
-9.7%$7.20B$2.27B14.972,200Positive News
AYI
Acuity Brands
4.6429 of 5 stars
$229.05
+0.0%
$317.60
+38.7%
-1.9%$7.08B$3.96B16.8713,200Positive News
AZEK
AZEK
2.2956 of 5 stars
$46.05
-1.8%
$53.53
+16.3%
+8.6%$6.62B$1.49B46.522,180Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
KBR
KBR
4.3913 of 5 stars
$50.08
-0.9%
$71.13
+42.0%
-18.6%$6.55B$7.74B21.0430,000Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
AAON
AAON
4.5182 of 5 stars
$77.92
-5.5%
$115.50
+48.2%
-3.0%$6.36B$1.20B34.333,670News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.6115 of 5 stars
$103.02
-1.7%
$143.00
+38.8%
-12.3%$6.27B$6.65B15.2215,500Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.0856 of 5 stars
$144.16
-2.2%
$188.50
+30.8%
-11.7%$6.05B$2.23B18.973,970Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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