BKV (BKV) Competitors

BKV (NYSE:BKV) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, dividends, earnings and valuation.

Which has higher earnings and valuation, BKV or APA?

APA has higher revenue and earnings than BKV.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
BKV	$678.97M	2.91	N/A	N/A	N/A
APA	$10.42B	0.73	$2.86B	$2.78	7.56

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer BKV or APA?

APA received 93 more outperform votes than BKV when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BKV an outperform vote while only 38.64% of users gave APA an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
BKV	Outperform Votes 21 100.00%	Underperform Votes No Votes
APA	Outperform Votes 114 38.64%	Underperform Votes 181 61.36%

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of BKV or APA?

83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of BKV shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media refer more to BKV or APA?

In the previous week, APA had 21 more articles in the media than BKV. MarketBeat recorded 24 mentions for APA and 3 mentions for BKV. BKV's average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat APA's score of 0.09 indicating that BKV is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
BKV	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
APA	9 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	7 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	6 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Is BKV or APA more profitable?

APA has a net margin of 24.36% compared to BKV's net margin of 0.00%. APA's return on equity of 27.86% beat BKV's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
BKV	N/A	N/A	N/A
APA	24.36%	27.86%	7.99%

Do analysts recommend BKV or APA?

BKV currently has a consensus target price of $28.13, indicating a potential upside of 20.71%. APA has a consensus target price of $24.89, indicating a potential upside of 18.46%. Given BKV's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe BKV is more favorable than APA.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
BKV	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
APA	3 Sell rating(s)	11 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.06

Summary

BKV and APA tied by winning 7 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.