AR vs. CVE, FANG, DVN, CTRA, EQT, MRO, OVV, PR, CHK, and APA
Should you be buying Antero Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Antero Resources include Cenovus Energy (CVE), Diamondback Energy (FANG), Devon Energy (DVN), Coterra Energy (CTRA), EQT (EQT), Marathon Oil (MRO), Ovintiv (OVV), Permian Resources (PR), Chesapeake Energy (CHK), and APA (APA). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Cenovus Energy (NYSE:CVE) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, risk, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and profitability.
Antero Resources received 116 more outperform votes than Cenovus Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.79% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 60.28% of users gave Cenovus Energy an outperform vote.
Cenovus Energy currently has a consensus target price of $26.67, indicating a potential upside of 29.51%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $33.00, indicating a potential downside of 6.01%. Given Antero Resources' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Cenovus Energy is more favorable than Antero Resources.
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 company 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.
In the previous week, Cenovus Energy had 3 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Cenovus Energy and 4 mentions for Antero Resources. Antero Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Cenovus Energy's score of 0.70 indicating that Cenovus Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cenovus Energy has a net margin of 8.73% compared to Cenovus Energy's net margin of 1.50%. Antero Resources' return on equity of 16.53% beat Cenovus Energy's return on equity.
Cenovus Energy has a beta of 2.1, meaning that its share price is 110% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.27, meaning that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500.
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.
Summary
Cenovus Energy beats Antero Resources on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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