AR vs. APA, RRC, SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, CHK, VNOM, MUR, and SM
Should you be buying Antero Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antero Resources include APA (APA), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), and SM Energy (SM). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, earnings, analyst recommendations, risk, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and institutional ownership.
APA has a beta of 3.27, meaning that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.3, meaning that its share price is 230% more volatile than the S&P 500.
APA has a net margin of 34.95% compared to APA's net margin of 1.50%. Antero Resources' return on equity of 62.64% beat APA's return on equity.
In the previous week, APA had 4 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 40 mentions for APA and 36 mentions for Antero Resources. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.42 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.38 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Antero Resources received 654 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.91% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 44.86% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
APA currently has a consensus target price of $42.25, indicating a potential upside of 29.68%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $30.69, indicating a potential downside of 9.22%. Given Antero Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Antero Resources.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Antero Resources 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.
Summary
Antero Resources beats APA on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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