AR vs. CVE, FANG, DVN, CTRA, EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, and APA
Should you be buying Antero Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antero Resources include Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Coterra Energy (CTRA), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), and APA (APA). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) and Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, earnings, profitability, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and community ranking.
Antero Resources presently has a consensus price target of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 8.71%. Cenovus Energy has a consensus price target of $26.67, indicating a potential upside of 30.65%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Antero Resources.
Antero Resources received 116 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 6 mentions for Antero Resources. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.27 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.81 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
83.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Cenovus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Antero Resources has a beta of 3.28, indicating that its share price is 228% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.06, indicating that its share price is 106% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Cenovus Energy has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 1.50%. Cenovus Energy's return on equity of 16.53% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Cenovus Energy beats Antero Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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