SOC vs. APA, CHRD, VVV, VIST, MGY, CRC, VRN, GPOR, VAL, and SSL
Should you be buying Sable Offshore stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Sable Offshore include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Valvoline (VVV), Vista Oil & Gas (VIST), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), California Resources (CRC), Veren (VRN), Gulfport Energy (GPOR), Valaris (VAL), and Sasol (SSL). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.
Sable Offshore vs. Its Competitors
Sable Offshore (NYSE:SOC) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, valuation and risk.
Sable Offshore has a beta of 0.57, meaning that its stock price is 43% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.25, meaning that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Sable Offshore.
In the previous week, APA had 2 more articles in the media than Sable Offshore. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for APA and 12 mentions for Sable Offshore. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Sable Offshore's score of 0.46 indicating that APA is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
26.2% of Sable Offshore shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 36.4% of Sable Offshore shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Sable Offshore's net margin of 0.00%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Sable Offshore's return on equity.
Sable Offshore presently has a consensus price target of $30.33, suggesting a potential upside of 31.94%. APA has a consensus price target of $24.72, suggesting a potential upside of 26.85%. Given Sable Offshore's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Sable Offshore is more favorable than APA.
Summary
APA beats Sable Offshore on 9 of the 13 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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This page (NYSE:SOC) was last updated on 7/3/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
