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Apergy (APY) Competitors

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APY vs. CHX, DOV, TREX, CX, LPX, KBR, SSD, AZEK, UFPI, and TMHC

Should you be buying Apergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apergy include ChampionX (CHX), Dover (DOV), Trex (TREX), CEMEX (CX), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), KBR (KBR), Simpson Manufacturing (SSD), AZEK (AZEK), UFP Industries (UFPI), and Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC).

Apergy vs.

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

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

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

In the previous week, ChampionX had 6 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for ChampionX and 0 mentions for Apergy. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat Apergy's score of 0.00 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ChampionX Very Positive
Apergy Neutral

ChampionX presently has a consensus price target of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 60.27%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Apergy.

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

99.0% of ChampionX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Apergy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of ChampionX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Apergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

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
ChampionX8.59% 19.74% 10.27%
Apergy -57.05%6.94%3.41%

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
ChampionX$3.67B1.34$314.24M$1.6116.02
Apergy$1.13B1.77$52.16M$0.9926.05

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$2.00B$7.72B$8.78B$19.19B
Dividend YieldN/A2.12%1.89%3.62%
P/E Ratio-3.219.5027.8341.28
Price / Sales1.771.592.2917.51
Price / Cash4.019.8922.2121.28
Price / Book1.932.776.185.32
Net Income$52.16M$517.97M$516.58M$989.88M

Apergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APY
Apergy
N/A$25.79
-0.5%
N/A-15.7%$2.00B$1.13B-3.213,000
CHX
ChampionX
4.5033 of 5 stars
$28.38
-0.4%
$41.33
+45.6%
-14.8%$5.41B$3.67B17.707,100Dividend Announcement
Positive News
DOV
Dover
4.785 of 5 stars
$199.38
-0.8%
$213.91
+7.3%
+24.1%$27.35B$8.47B17.9825,000Analyst Upgrade
TREX
Trex
3.5412 of 5 stars
$77.55
+0.7%
$79.94
+3.1%
-15.6%$8.31B$1.09B35.151,765
CX
CEMEX
4.309 of 5 stars
$5.56
-0.7%
$7.65
+37.6%
-30.2%$8.06B$17.25B18.6046,497
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
3.1352 of 5 stars
$113.57
+0.7%
$102.22
-10.0%
+47.7%$7.98B$2.92B19.634,100Insider Trade
Positive News
KBR
KBR
4.1972 of 5 stars
$58.61
+0.2%
$81.14
+38.4%
+5.3%$7.81B$7.35B24.5734,000News Coverage
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
4.3245 of 5 stars
$184.62
+0.1%
$218.00
+18.1%
-14.0%$7.78B$2.21B24.365,497Positive News
AZEK
AZEK
2.9972 of 5 stars
$53.04
-0.9%
$52.67
-0.7%
+27.8%$7.59B$1.44B51.452,236Insider Trade
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.8999 of 5 stars
$124.69
-1.7%
$148.00
+18.7%
-8.8%$7.57B$6.71B17.2915,800Positive News
TMHC
Taylor Morrison Home
4.5374 of 5 stars
$64.48
-0.4%
$85.33
+32.3%
+11.9%$6.67B$7.42B8.562,800

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This page (NYSE:APY) was last updated on 12/22/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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