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$23.32 -0.06 (-0.24%)
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AROC vs. FANG, PTEN, HAL, HESM, KMI, LBRT, OKE, OVV, TRGP, and WHD

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), Kinder Morgan (KMI), Liberty Energy (LBRT), ONEOK (OKE), Ovintiv (OVV), Targa Resources (TRGP), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Archrock vs. Its Competitors

Archrock (NYSE:AROC) and Diamondback Energy (NASDAQ:FANG) are both energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk, analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends and profitability.

Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Diamondback Energy pays an annual dividend of $4.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Archrock pays out 64.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Diamondback Energy pays out 24.5% 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. Archrock has increased its dividend for 3 consecutive years and Diamondback Energy has increased its dividend for 7 consecutive years.

Archrock has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Diamondback Energy has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its stock price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Diamondback Energy has a net margin of 30.84% compared to Archrock's net margin of 16.38%. Archrock's return on equity of 18.31% beat Diamondback Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Archrock16.38% 18.31% 6.21%
Diamondback Energy 30.84%11.22%6.53%

Archrock presently has a consensus price target of $27.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.81%. Diamondback Energy has a consensus price target of $191.59, indicating a potential upside of 32.49%. Given Diamondback Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Diamondback Energy is more favorable than Archrock.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Archrock
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.83
Diamondback Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
18 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.05

In the previous week, Diamondback Energy had 15 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 27 mentions for Diamondback Energy and 12 mentions for Archrock. Diamondback Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.28 beat Archrock's score of 1.17 indicating that Diamondback Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Archrock
8 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Diamondback Energy
18 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Archrock$1.16B3.56$172.23M$1.1819.76
Diamondback Energy$11.07B3.82$3.34B$16.358.84

95.5% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.0% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Diamondback Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Diamondback Energy beats Archrock on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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AROC vs. The Competition

MetricArchrockOIL IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.13B$5.73B$7.79B$21.04B
Dividend Yield3.25%2.91%10.93%3.59%
P/E Ratio19.7611.2067.0928.45
Price / Sales3.565.2439,885.8771.70
Price / Cash9.937.5936.3422.92
Price / Book3.081.694.004.68
Net Income$172.23M$411.58M$4.26B$995.51M
7 Day Performance-0.32%3.87%1.30%1.65%
1 Month Performance-7.57%1.12%3.22%4.54%
1 Year Performance6.80%-0.44%13.89%10.00%

Archrock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AROC
Archrock
4.542 of 5 stars
$23.32
-0.2%
$27.00
+15.8%
+9.2%$4.13B$1.16B19.761,300Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Dividend Increase
FANG
Diamondback Energy
4.9215 of 5 stars
$139.84
-1.1%
$191.55
+37.0%
-27.6%$40.86B$11.07B8.551,983News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Forecast
PTEN
Patterson-UTI Energy
4.6565 of 5 stars
$5.83
-1.9%
$8.77
+50.5%
-43.3%$2.25B$5.15B-2.249,200Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HAL
Halliburton
4.8227 of 5 stars
$21.23
+0.0%
$33.47
+57.7%
-34.3%$18.25B$22.94B8.8848,000Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
HESM
Hess Midstream Partners
3.9915 of 5 stars
$39.40
-3.9%
$43.50
+10.4%
+8.3%$8.49B$1.50B15.45200News Coverage
Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
High Trading Volume
KMI
Kinder Morgan
4.7631 of 5 stars
$27.12
-2.7%
$31.00
+14.3%
+30.0%$60.25B$15.10B22.2310,933Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
Options Volume
LBRT
Liberty Energy
3.6639 of 5 stars
$11.25
-0.9%
$15.65
+39.2%
-40.9%$1.82B$4.32B7.455,700Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Downgrade
Analyst Revision
OKE
ONEOK
4.9456 of 5 stars
$80.42
-3.5%
$103.07
+28.2%
+0.1%$50.63B$21.70B15.715,177Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
OVV
Ovintiv
4.6459 of 5 stars
$38.89
-2.9%
$53.81
+38.4%
-9.7%$10.10B$9.15B16.551,623Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
TRGP
Targa Resources
4.9283 of 5 stars
$163.53
-4.4%
$209.86
+28.3%
+25.5%$35.47B$16.38B30.123,370Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
WHD
Cactus
3.8059 of 5 stars
$43.46
-0.2%
$52.00
+19.7%
-23.2%$3.47B$1.13B15.471,600Upcoming Earnings

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