Apergy (APY) Competitors

Apergy (NYSE:APY) and ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, institutional ownership, dividends, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.

Which has more risk and volatility, APY or CHX?

Apergy has a beta of 3.56, indicating that its stock price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChampionX has a beta of 2.28, indicating that its stock price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APY or CHX?

Apergy received 134 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.67% of users gave Apergy an outperform vote while only 53.06% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Apergy	Outperform Votes 160 68.67%	Underperform Votes 73 31.33%
ChampionX	Outperform Votes 26 53.06%	Underperform Votes 23 46.94%

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, APY or CHX?

ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than Apergy. ChampionX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Apergy	$1.13B	2.06	$52.16M	$0.99	30.32
ChampionX	$3.63B	1.58	$320.27M	$1.65	18.19

Do analysts rate APY or CHX?

ChampionX has a consensus target price of $41.33, indicating a potential upside of 37.73%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Apergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Apergy	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
ChampionX	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is APY or CHX more profitable?

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.81% compared to Apergy's net margin of -57.05%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.84% beat Apergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Apergy	-57.05%	6.94%	3.41%
ChampionX	8.81%	19.84%	10.40%

Does the media favor APY or CHX?

In the previous week, ChampionX had 12 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 13 mentions for ChampionX and 1 mentions for Apergy. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 1.16 beat Apergy's score of 0.00 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Apergy	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
ChampionX	10 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders believe in APY or CHX?

93.5% of Apergy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.0% of ChampionX shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of Apergy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of ChampionX shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

ChampionX beats Apergy on 14 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.