MUSA vs. AR, RRC, WFRD, MTDR, SWN, YPF, CHRD, APA, MUR, and VNOM
Should you be buying Murphy USA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Murphy USA include Antero Resources (AR), Range Resources (RRC), Weatherford International (WFRD), Matador Resources (MTDR), Southwestern Energy (SWN), YPF Sociedad Anónima (YPF), Chord Energy (CHRD), APA (APA), Murphy Oil (MUR), and Viper Energy (VNOM). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Murphy USA (NYSE:MUSA) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends, earnings, profitability, media sentiment and risk.
Murphy USA has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.3, indicating that its stock price is 230% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Antero Resources had 11 more articles in the media than Murphy USA. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for Antero Resources and 9 mentions for Murphy USA. Murphy USA's average media sentiment score of 0.85 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.54 indicating that Murphy USA is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Antero Resources received 389 more outperform votes than Murphy USA when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.12% of users gave Murphy USA an outperform vote while only 65.91% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote.
Murphy USA has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Murphy USA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Murphy USA presently has a consensus target price of $408.60, indicating a potential downside of 2.62%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $30.69, indicating a potential downside of 2.87%. Given Murphy USA's higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Murphy USA is more favorable than Antero Resources.
80.8% of Murphy USA shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 9.7% of Murphy USA shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Antero Resources has a net margin of 5.19% compared to Murphy USA's net margin of 2.59%. Murphy USA's return on equity of 70.92% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Antero Resources beats Murphy USA on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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