Archrock (AROC) Competitors

Alliant Energy (NASDAQ:LNT) and Archrock (NYSE:AROC) are both utilities companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, community ranking and risk.

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, LNT or AROC?

Alliant Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Alliant Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, 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
Alliant Energy	$4.03B	4.03	$703M	$2.58	24.54
Archrock	$1.09B	4.15	$105M	$0.91	28.41

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LNT or AROC?

Archrock received 353 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.48% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote while only 36.59% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 36.59%	Underperform Votes 52 63.41%
Archrock	Outperform Votes 383 62.48%	Underperform Votes 230 37.52%

Which has more risk & volatility, LNT or AROC?

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.58, meaning that its stock price is 42% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its stock price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to LNT or AROC?

In the previous week, Archrock had 3 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for Archrock and 6 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.22 beat Archrock's score of 1.03 indicating that Alliant Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Alliant Energy	4 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	7 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is LNT or AROC a better dividend stock?

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.0%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.7%. Alliant Energy pays out 74.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Archrock pays out 76.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Alliant Energy has raised its dividend for 21 consecutive years. Alliant Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Do analysts prefer LNT or AROC?

Alliant Energy currently has a consensus target price of $63.06, indicating a potential downside of 0.42%. Archrock has a consensus target price of $24.67, indicating a potential downside of 4.58%. Given Alliant Energy's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Alliant Energy is more favorable than Archrock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Alliant Energy	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	4 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.44
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Is LNT or AROC more profitable?

Alliant Energy has a net margin of 16.66% compared to Archrock's net margin of 13.34%. Archrock's return on equity of 16.24% beat Alliant Energy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Alliant Energy	16.66%	10.56%	3.31%
Archrock	13.34%	16.24%	5.40%

Do institutionals & insiders have more ownership in LNT or AROC?

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Archrock shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Archrock beats Alliant Energy on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.