AR vs. SU, EXE, WDS, CVE, PBA, CTRA, EC, YPF, VNOM, and PR
Should you be buying Antero Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antero Resources include Suncor Energy (SU), Chesapeake Energy (EXE), Woodside Energy Group (WDS), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Pembina Pipeline (PBA), Coterra Energy (CTRA), Ecopetrol (EC), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Viper Energy (VNOM), and Permian Resources (PR). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Antero Resources vs.
Suncor Energy (NYSE:SU) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both large-cap energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations and dividends.
Suncor Energy currently has a consensus price target of $64.67, suggesting a potential upside of 71.90%. Antero Resources has a consensus price target of $43.33, suggesting a potential upside of 12.91%. Given Suncor Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Suncor Energy is more favorable than Antero Resources.
In the previous week, Antero Resources had 3 more articles in the media than Suncor Energy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Antero Resources and 3 mentions for Suncor Energy. Suncor Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.69 indicating that Suncor Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Suncor Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Suncor Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Suncor Energy has a net margin of 11.80% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 2.31%. Suncor Energy's return on equity of 15.37% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
Suncor Energy has a beta of 0.79, suggesting that its share price is 21% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 0.67, suggesting that its share price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500.
67.4% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.0% of Suncor Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Suncor Energy received 269 more outperform votes than Antero Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 72.03% of users gave Suncor Energy an outperform vote while only 64.93% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote.
Summary
Suncor Energy beats Antero Resources on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AR) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff