Aris Water Solutions (ARIS) Competitors

Aris Water Solutions (NYSE:ARIS) and Chord Energy (NASDAQ:CHRD) are both business services companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking and media sentiment.

Does the media favor ARIS or CHRD?

In the previous week, Chord Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Aris Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Chord Energy and 14 mentions for Aris Water Solutions. Chord Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Aris Water Solutions' score of 1.33 indicating that Chord Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Aris Water Solutions	9 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Chord Energy	15 Very Positive mention(s)	5 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community believe in ARIS or CHRD?

Chord Energy received 29 more outperform votes than Aris Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.76% of users gave Chord Energy an outperform vote while only 58.33% of users gave Aris Water Solutions an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Aris Water Solutions	Outperform Votes 28 58.33%	Underperform Votes 20 41.67%
Chord Energy	Outperform Votes 57 58.76%	Underperform Votes 40 41.24%

Do analysts rate ARIS or CHRD?

Aris Water Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $27.00, suggesting a potential downside of 18.41%. Chord Energy has a consensus target price of $162.46, suggesting a potential upside of 44.87%. Given Chord Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Chord Energy is more favorable than Aris Water Solutions.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Aris Water Solutions	0 Sell rating(s)	4 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.33
Chord Energy	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.62

Is ARIS or CHRD a better dividend stock?

Aris Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.56 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.7%. Chord Energy pays an annual dividend of $5.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.6%. Aris Water Solutions pays out 70.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chord Energy pays out 32.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Chord Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.

Is ARIS or CHRD more profitable?

Chord Energy has a net margin of 19.74% compared to Aris Water Solutions' net margin of 6.29%. Chord Energy's return on equity of 12.88% beat Aris Water Solutions' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Aris Water Solutions	6.29%	3.74%	1.93%
Chord Energy	19.74%	12.88%	8.91%

Which has more risk and volatility, ARIS or CHRD?

Aris Water Solutions has a beta of 1.88, suggesting that its share price is 88% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chord Energy has a beta of 0.98, suggesting that its share price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, ARIS or CHRD?

Chord Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Aris Water Solutions. Chord Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Aris Water Solutions, 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
Aris Water Solutions	$435.44M	4.44	$18.89M	$0.80	41.37
Chord Energy	$5.25B	1.27	$1.02B	$15.94	7.04

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in ARIS or CHRD?

39.7% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Chord Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 22.5% of Aris Water Solutions shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Chord Energy shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Chord Energy beats Aris Water Solutions on 17 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.