Archrock (AROC) Competitors

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

Which has higher earnings and valuation, 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	$3.98B	4.00	$703M	$2.69	23.09
Archrock	$1.16B	4.12	$105M	$1.04	26.13

Which has more risk & volatility, LNT or AROC?

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.54, suggesting that its share price is 46% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.56, suggesting that its share price is 56% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is LNT or AROC a better dividend stock?

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.03 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Alliant Energy pays out 75.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Archrock pays out 73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. 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.

Does the media prefer LNT or AROC?

In the previous week, Archrock had 2 more articles in the media than Alliant Energy. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for Archrock and 13 mentions for Alliant Energy. Alliant Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.46 beat Archrock's score of 1.09 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	10 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	11 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals and insiders hold more shares of LNT or AROC?

79.9% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.4% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.3% of Alliant Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts recommend LNT or AROC?

Alliant Energy presently has a consensus target price of $63.55, indicating a potential upside of 2.33%. Archrock has a consensus target price of $26.67, indicating a potential downside of 1.89%. Given Alliant Energy's higher probable upside, equities 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)	7 Hold rating(s)	3 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.30
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 17.33% 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	17.33%	11.39%	3.55%
Archrock	13.34%	16.24%	5.40%

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer LNT or AROC?

Archrock received 355 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote while only 34.88% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Alliant Energy	Outperform Votes 30 34.88%	Underperform Votes 56 65.12%
Archrock	Outperform Votes 385 62.60%	Underperform Votes 230 37.40%

Summary

Archrock beats Alliant Energy on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.