CRGY vs. APA, CHRD, CIVI, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NOG, PR, SM, and VTLE
Should you be buying Crescent Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Energy include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Permian Resources (PR), SM Energy (SM), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Crescent Energy vs. Its Competitors
APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, earnings and risk.
APA currently has a consensus target price of $23.78, indicating a potential downside of 2.31%. Crescent Energy has a consensus target price of $15.67, indicating a potential upside of 65.87%. Given Crescent Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than APA.
In the previous week, APA had 20 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for APA and 3 mentions for Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat APA's score of 0.30 indicating that Crescent Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
APA has a beta of 1.29, suggesting that its share price is 29% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.98, suggesting that its share price is 98% more volatile than the S&P 500.
83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.1%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.1%. APA pays out 33.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Energy pays out -266.7% 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. Crescent Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years. Crescent Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of 0.67%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Crescent Energy's return on equity.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
APA and Crescent Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:CRGY) was last updated on 9/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
