Antero Resources (AR) Competitors

Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations and profitability.

Do insiders and institutionals believe in CVE or AR?

51.2% of Cenovus Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, CVE or AR?

Cenovus Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Cenovus Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, 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
Cenovus Energy	$38.67B	0.76	$3.04B	$1.45	11.15
Antero Resources	$4.08B	2.53	$242.92M	$0.14	237.07

Do analysts rate CVE or AR?

Cenovus Energy presently has a consensus target price of $30.00, suggesting a potential upside of 85.59%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $32.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.07%. Given Cenovus Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Antero Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Cenovus Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.83
Antero Resources	1 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	9 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.63

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer CVE or AR?

Antero Resources received 117 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.49% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 60.49% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Cenovus Energy	Outperform Votes 646 60.49%	Underperform Votes 422 39.51%
Antero Resources	Outperform Votes 763 65.49%	Underperform Votes 402 34.51%

Is CVE or AR more profitable?

Cenovus Energy has a net margin of 6.72% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 1.03%. Cenovus Energy's return on equity of 12.88% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Cenovus Energy	6.72%	12.88%	6.80%
Antero Resources	1.03%	-0.59%	-0.32%

Which has more risk and volatility, CVE or AR?

Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.05, suggesting that its share price is 105% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.36, suggesting that its share price is 236% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media prefer CVE or AR?

In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 8 mentions for Antero Resources. Cenovus Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.32 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.85 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Cenovus Energy	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Antero Resources	6 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Cenovus Energy beats Antero Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.