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Apergy (APY) Competitors

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APY vs. CHX, DOV, FLR, EXP, LPX, TREX, KBR, AZEK, UFPI, 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), Eagle Materials (EXP), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Trex (TREX), KBR (KBR), AZEK (AZEK), UFP Industries (UFPI), and Simpson Manufacturing (SSD).

Apergy vs.

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

ChampionX has a beta of 2.35, meaning that its stock price is 135% 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.

In the previous week, ChampionX had 11 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 11 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 media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ChampionX Positive
Apergy Neutral

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
ChampionX8.81% 19.84% 10.40%
Apergy -57.05%6.94%3.41%

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 insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Apergy 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.

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$3.63B1.56$320.27M$1.6517.99
Apergy$1.13B2.03$52.16M$0.9929.99

ChampionX presently has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 39.22%. Given ChampionX's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities 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

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%

Summary

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

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APY vs. The Competition

MetricApergyConstruction, Mining, & Materials Handling Machinery & Equipment IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.30B$8.53B$8.59B$20.29B
Dividend YieldN/A1.95%1.95%3.64%
P/E Ratio-3.698.4315.5434.92
Price / Sales2.031.7666.6817.43
Price / Cash4.0110.3021.4820.26
Price / Book2.222.414.424.80
Net Income$52.16M$847.24M$536.25M$1.02B

Apergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APY
Apergy
N/A$29.69
-1.7%
N/A+1.2%$2.30B$1.13B-3.693,000
CHX
ChampionX
3.1218 of 5 stars
$29.40
+3.0%
$41.33
+40.6%
-2.9%$5.61B$3.63B17.827,100Dividend Announcement
DOV
Dover
4.4655 of 5 stars
$203.70
+0.6%
$218.91
+7.5%
+25.0%$27.95B$7.75B10.4725,000
FLR
Fluor
4.9021 of 5 stars
$50.05
+1.4%
$59.29
+18.4%
+5.5%$8.59B$15.47B33.3730,187Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.6331 of 5 stars
$255.94
+0.0%
$296.80
+16.0%
-7.4%$8.52B$2.26B18.282,500
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
3.8351 of 5 stars
$114.66
-0.5%
$108.38
-5.5%
+45.6%$8.05B$2.92B19.774,100Earnings Report
Dividend Increase
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
TREX
Trex
3.0275 of 5 stars
$70.23
0.0%
$79.81
+13.7%
-33.4%$7.52B$1.09B32.071,765News Coverage
KBR
KBR
4.7843 of 5 stars
$55.37
+1.5%
$78.00
+40.9%
-16.6%$7.38B$6.96B23.2634,000Dividend Increase
News Coverage
Positive News
AZEK
AZEK
3.7535 of 5 stars
$49.99
-0.2%
$54.85
+9.7%
+2.0%$7.15B$1.44B50.492,236
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.7938 of 5 stars
$116.46
+0.7%
$148.00
+27.1%
-1.4%$7.07B$6.71B16.0215,800Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
3.7666 of 5 stars
$166.93
+0.9%
$218.00
+30.6%
-12.4%$7.04B$2.21B22.055,497Positive News

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This page (NYSE:APY) was last updated on 2/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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