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LBRT vs. APA, CHRD, VIST, VVV, MGY, CRC, VRN, SOC, BSM, and NOG

Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Vista Energy (VIST), Valvoline (VVV), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), California Resources (CRC), Veren (VRN), Sable Offshore (SOC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), and Northern Oil and Gas (NOG). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Liberty Energy vs.

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

APA has a net margin of 24.36% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 7.32%. APA's return on equity of 27.86% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty Energy7.32% 14.28% 8.60%
APA 24.36%27.86%7.99%

In the previous week, APA had 25 more articles in the media than Liberty Energy. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for APA and 7 mentions for Liberty Energy. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat APA's score of 0.66 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Liberty Energy
6 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
APA
14 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
5 Negative mention(s)
1 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Energy. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Energy$4.22B0.45$316.01M$1.517.71
APA$10.42B0.58$2.86B$2.786.02

Liberty Energy currently has a consensus price target of $17.55, suggesting a potential upside of 50.77%. APA has a consensus price target of $25.53, suggesting a potential upside of 52.49%. Given APA's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Liberty Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
APA
4 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Liberty Energy received 248 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.46% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 38.57% of users gave APA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Liberty EnergyOutperform Votes
361
62.46%
Underperform Votes
217
37.54%
APAOutperform Votes
113
38.57%
Underperform Votes
180
61.43%

Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.71, meaning that its share price is 29% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its share price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.0%. Liberty Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 36.0% 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. Liberty Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.

Summary

Liberty Energy beats APA on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LBRT vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty EnergyOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.89B$3.19B$7.27B$19.30B
Dividend Yield2.62%3.36%11.00%3.83%
P/E Ratio6.2221.7353.7634.53
Price / Sales0.450.8124,457.0434.83
Price / Cash3.647.4435.5017.51
Price / Book0.951.143.544.69
Net Income$316.01M$288.76M$4.30B$1.02B
7 Day Performance-4.89%-2.17%-1.13%-2.43%
1 Month Performance-3.56%4.18%5.76%6.27%
1 Year Performance-49.64%-17.30%178.62%5.78%

Liberty Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.843 of 5 stars
$11.64
+3.0%
$17.55
+50.8%
-49.9%$1.89B$4.22B6.224,580Positive News
APA
APA
3.5444 of 5 stars
$17.32
-1.5%
$25.53
+47.4%
-44.4%$6.26B$10.42B2.452,270Trending News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.5464 of 5 stars
$95.03
-1.7%
$153.92
+62.0%
-49.3%$5.49B$5.38B4.89530News Coverage
Positive News
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Revision
VIST
Vista Energy
4.6817 of 5 stars
$51.24
+2.1%
$65.68
+28.2%
+7.1%$4.88B$1.77B9.93410Positive News
VVV
Valvoline
3.8525 of 5 stars
$34.96
+0.1%
$42.33
+21.1%
-16.7%$4.44B$1.67B16.738,900Gap Up
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.8307 of 5 stars
$22.36
-1.2%
$27.14
+21.4%
-12.7%$4.30B$1.35B11.59210Analyst Revision
CRC
California Resources
4.8129 of 5 stars
$43.19
+1.4%
$60.36
+39.8%
-10.9%$3.85B$3.31B6.801,060News Coverage
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
VRN
Veren
4.0797 of 5 stars
$6.01
flat
$12.67
+110.8%
N/A$3.68B$4.41B4.29777Positive News
SOC
Sable Offshore
0.7966 of 5 stars
$32.96
+14.2%
$27.50
-16.6%
+153.9%$2.95BN/A0.002Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
Gap Down
High Trading Volume
BSM
Black Stone Minerals
2.0498 of 5 stars
$13.58
-0.4%
$14.00
+3.1%
-16.2%$2.87B$437.90M8.38110Positive News
Insider Trade
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
4.5671 of 5 stars
$28.21
-0.8%
$40.56
+43.8%
-32.7%$2.78B$2.21B5.4930

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