APA vs. AR, CHK, PR, OVV, RRC, SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, and MRO
Should you be buying APA stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of APA include Antero Resources (AR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), Permian Resources (PR), Ovintiv (OVV), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, risk, community ranking, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability, dividends, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Antero Resources has a beta of 3.27, indicating that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 3.29, indicating that its share price is 229% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, APA had 20 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for APA and 13 mentions for Antero Resources. APA's average media sentiment score of 0.71 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.50 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Antero Resources received 654 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.76% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 43.89% of users gave APA an outperform vote.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. APA 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 presently has a consensus target price of $32.69, indicating a potential downside of 6.59%. APA has a consensus target price of $42.20, indicating a potential upside of 36.66%. Given Antero Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Antero Resources.
83.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 6.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of APA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
APA has a net margin of 34.04% compared to APA's net margin of 1.50%. Antero Resources' return on equity of 45.32% beat APA's return on equity.
Summary
APA beats Antero Resources on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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