AESI vs. RRC, SWN, MTDR, HESM, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, and VRN
Should you be buying Atlas Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlas Energy Solutions include Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Hess Midstream (HESM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Veren (VRN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) and Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability, analyst recommendations, media sentiment and community ranking.
In the previous week, Range Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Atlas Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Range Resources and 6 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions' average media sentiment score of 0.95 beat Range Resources' score of 0.86 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Range Resources presently has a consensus price target of $37.10, indicating a potential upside of 0.51%. Atlas Energy Solutions has a consensus price target of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. Given Range Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atlas Energy Solutions is more favorable than Range Resources.
Range Resources received 1001 more outperform votes than Atlas Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave Atlas Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 19.98% compared to Atlas Energy Solutions' net margin of 17.00%. Range Resources' return on equity of 29.56% beat Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity.
Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, suggesting that its stock price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.66, suggesting that its stock price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500.
98.9% of Range Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 1.6% of Range Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 24.3% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are held by 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.
Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Atlas Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Range Resources pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Atlas Energy Solutions pays out 35.6% 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. Range Resources has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Summary
Range Resources and Atlas Energy Solutions tied by winning 11 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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