AROC vs. FANG, PTEN, HAL, HESM, KGS, KMI, OKE, OVV, TRGP, and WMB
Should you be buying Archrock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archrock include Diamondback Energy (FANG), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Hess Midstream Partners (HESM), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), Kinder Morgan (KMI), ONEOK (OKE), Ovintiv (OVV), Targa Resources (TRGP), and Williams Companies (WMB). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Archrock vs. Its Competitors
Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) and Archrock (NYSE:AROC) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, valuation, earnings and dividends.
Diamondback Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Diamondback Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.14, suggesting that its stock price is 14% more volatile than the S&P 500.
90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Archrock 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.
Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 27.25% compared to Archrock's net margin of 17.17%. Archrock's return on equity of 18.74% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.
Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.5%. Diamondback Energy pays out 28.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archrock pays out 63.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years and Archrock has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years.
Diamondback Energy presently has a consensus price target of $193.04, indicating a potential upside of 43.09%. Archrock has a consensus price target of $30.00, indicating a potential upside of 23.34%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Archrock.
In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 23 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 8 mentions for Archrock. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.71 beat Archrock's score of 1.48 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Diamondback Energy beats Archrock on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:AROC) was last updated on 9/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff