CHK vs. AR, XEC, PE, CVE, FANG, DVN, EC, CTRA, EQT, and MRO
Should you be buying Chesapeake Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chesapeake Energy include Antero Resources (AR), Cimarex Energy (XEC), Parsley Energy (PE), Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Ecopetrol (EC), Coterra Energy (CTRA), EQT (EQT), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations, risk, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.2% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Antero Resources 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.
Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Chesapeake 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.
In the previous week, Chesapeake Energy had 6 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Chesapeake Energy and 5 mentions for Antero Resources. Antero Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.81 beat Chesapeake Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.51, suggesting that its stock price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.27, suggesting that its stock price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chesapeake Energy presently has a consensus price target of $106.67, suggesting a potential upside of 17.31%. Antero Resources has a consensus price target of $33.00, suggesting a potential downside of 7.38%. Given Chesapeake Energy's higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than Antero Resources.
Antero Resources received 692 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote.
Chesapeake Energy has a net margin of 16.42% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 1.50%. Chesapeake Energy's return on equity of 4.87% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Chesapeake Energy beats Antero Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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