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Apergy (APY) Competitors

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APY vs. CHX, DOV, FLR, EXP, KBR, CX, LPX, TREX, 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), KBR (KBR), CEMEX (CX), Louisiana-Pacific (LPX), Trex (TREX), 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 superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their profitability, community ranking, dividends, institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and media sentiment.

In the previous week, ChampionX had 4 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for ChampionX and 0 mentions for Apergy. ChampionX's average media sentiment score of 0.22 beat Apergy's score of 0.00 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Overall Sentiment
ChampionX Neutral
Apergy Neutral

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 currently has a consensus target price of $41.33, suggesting a potential upside of 32.18%. 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
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

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$3.76B1.59$314.24M$1.6119.42
Apergy$1.13B2.14$52.16M$0.9931.53

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

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%

ChampionX has a beta of 2.36, indicating that its share price is 136% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apergy has a beta of 3.56, indicating that its share price is 256% 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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APY vs. The Competition

MetricApergyConstruction, Mining, & Materials Handling Machinery & Equipment IndustryConstruction SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.42B$8.30B$9.50B$20.03B
Dividend YieldN/A2.00%1.95%3.61%
P/E Ratio-3.8810.6025.5941.77
Price / Sales2.141.692.8017.52
Price / Cash4.019.9122.4117.54
Price / Book2.333.076.935.86
Net Income$52.16M$517.97M$516.82M$1.01B

Apergy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
APY
Apergy
N/A$31.21
+7.1%
N/A+18.5%$2.42B$1.13B-3.883,000High Trading Volume
CHX
ChampionX
4.1584 of 5 stars
$28.16
+2.8%
$41.33
+46.8%
+18.5%$5.36B$3.67B17.497,300News Coverage
DOV
Dover
4.4974 of 5 stars
$186.88
+1.8%
$212.91
+13.9%
+31.7%$25.64B$8.44B16.7225,000
FLR
Fluor
4.1604 of 5 stars
$48.10
-0.3%
$60.29
+25.3%
+36.1%$8.25B$15.88B32.0730,187
EXP
Eagle Materials
4.7579 of 5 stars
$239.37
+1.9%
$301.44
+25.9%
+25.6%$8.03B$2.26B16.902,500
KBR
KBR
4.7511 of 5 stars
$59.20
+1.5%
$78.86
+33.2%
+11.1%$7.89B$7.35B24.8734,000
CX
CEMEX
4.3614 of 5 stars
$5.39
-3.2%
$7.65
+41.9%
-28.2%$7.81B$17.42B17.9746,497News Coverage
LPX
Louisiana-Pacific
3.3573 of 5 stars
$105.72
+0.6%
$108.38
+2.5%
+69.6%$7.43B$2.92B18.234,100
TREX
Trex
2.0294 of 5 stars
$65.35
+1.2%
$79.81
+22.1%
-12.9%$7.00B$1.18B29.841,640News Coverage
UFPI
UFP Industries
4.8371 of 5 stars
$113.09
+3.7%
$148.00
+30.9%
+0.4%$6.87B$6.71B15.5615,800Positive News
SSD
Simpson Manufacturing
4.7012 of 5 stars
$160.52
+1.6%
$218.00
+35.8%
-7.4%$6.77B$2.22B21.205,497Positive News

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