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Apergy (APY) Competitors

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APY vs. CHX, DOV, FLR, ALTR, SUM, CX, LPX, UFPI, KBR, and SSD

Should you be buying Apergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apergy include ChampionX (CHX), Dover (DOV), Fluor (FLR), Altair Engineering (ALTR), Summit Materials (SUM), CEMEX (CX), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), UFP Industries (UFPI), KBR (KBR), and Simpson Manufacturing (SSD).

Apergy vs.

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

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.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ApergyOutperform Votes
160
68.67%
Underperform Votes
73
31.33%
ChampionXOutperform Votes
26
53.06%
Underperform Votes
23
46.94%

ChampionX has a net margin of 8.59% compared to Apergy's net margin of -57.05%. ChampionX's return on equity of 19.74% beat Apergy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Apergy-57.05% 6.94% 3.41%
ChampionX 8.59%19.74%10.27%

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 hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

ChampionX has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 34.90%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly 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

In the previous week, ChampionX had 12 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for ChampionX and 0 mentions for Apergy. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 0.92 beat Apergy's score of 0.00 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Apergy Neutral
ChampionX Positive

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Apergy$1.13B2.10$52.16M$0.9930.95
ChampionX$3.76B1.55$314.24M$1.6119.03

Apergy has a beta of 3.56, meaning that its share price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ChampionX has a beta of 2.38, meaning that its share price is 138% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

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

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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APY vs. The Competition

MetricApergyConstruction, Mining, & Materials Handling Machinery & Equipment IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.37B$8.36B$9.83B$19.83B
Dividend YieldN/A1.87%1.82%3.51%
P/E Ratio-3.818.5628.0335.39
Price / Sales2.101.693.4317.75
Price / Cash4.0110.1221.7121.33
Price / Book2.292.765.254.64
Net Income$52.16M$517.97M$516.02M$982.94M

Apergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APY
Apergy
N/A$30.64
-0.8%
N/A+2.0%$2.37B$1.13B-3.813,000
CHX
ChampionX
4.4394 of 5 stars
$30.64
-0.8%
$41.33
+34.9%
+5.2%$5.84B$3.76B19.037,100Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
DOV
Dover
4.6441 of 5 stars
$201.18
-0.5%
$208.40
+3.6%
+46.3%$27.60B$8.44B17.9925,000Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↓
FLR
Fluor
4.3666 of 5 stars
$51.92
+2.2%
$60.29
+16.1%
+37.4%$8.91B$15.47B34.6130,187Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
ALTR
Altair Engineering
3.9406 of 5 stars
$103.75
+0.0%
$100.71
-2.9%
+43.3%$8.83B$612.70M273.033,200
SUM
Summit Materials
3.9604 of 5 stars
$48.43
-0.2%
$50.38
+4.0%
+42.9%$8.50B$2.62B59.065,300Positive News
CX
CEMEX
4.2684 of 5 stars
$5.47
+2.6%
$7.82
+42.9%
-20.5%$7.93B$17.42B18.2346,497Short Interest ↑
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
2.5177 of 5 stars
$111.97
-0.4%
$102.22
-8.7%
+83.2%$7.86B$2.58B19.314,100Analyst Forecast
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.5198 of 5 stars
$129.21
-2.2%
$148.00
+14.5%
+17.6%$7.85B$7.22B17.7715,800News Coverage
Positive News
KBR
KBR
4.8629 of 5 stars
$58.65
-2.5%
$81.14
+38.4%
+12.5%$7.81B$6.96B24.6434,000Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
High Trading Volume
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.6857 of 5 stars
$180.37
-1.2%
$218.00
+20.9%
+16.5%$7.61B$2.21B23.835,497Positive News

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This page (NYSE:APY) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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