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$24.52 -0.03 (-0.12%)
(As of 12:40 PM ET)

AROC vs. LNT, WES, EVRG, AGR, EBR, WTRG, SBS, DTM, KEP, and KNTK

Should you be buying Archrock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archrock include Alliant Energy (LNT), Western Midstream Partners (WES), Evergy (EVRG), Avangrid (AGR), Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás (EBR), Essential Utilities (WTRG), Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP (SBS), DT Midstream (DTM), Korea Electric Power (KEP), and Kinetik (KNTK). These companies are all part of the "utilities" industry.

Archrock vs.

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

Archrock received 354 more outperform votes than Alliant Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.54% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote while only 36.14% of users gave Alliant Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Alliant EnergyOutperform Votes
30
36.14%
Underperform Votes
53
63.86%
ArchrockOutperform Votes
384
62.54%
Underperform Votes
230
37.46%

Alliant Energy pays an annual dividend of $1.92 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.3%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. 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 increased 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.

In the previous week, Alliant Energy had 2 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Alliant Energy and 3 mentions for Archrock. Archrock's average media sentiment score of 1.63 beat Alliant Energy's score of 0.99 indicating that Archrock is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

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

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 insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Alliant Energy$3.97B3.81$703M$2.5822.81
Archrock$1.09B3.94$105M$0.9126.96

Alliant Energy has a beta of 0.59, meaning that its share price is 41% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.59, meaning that its share price is 59% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Alliant Energy currently has a consensus price target of $63.39, suggesting a potential upside of 7.71%. Archrock has a consensus price target of $25.17, suggesting a potential upside of 2.60%. Given Alliant Energy's higher possible upside, equities research analysts clearly 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)
6 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
Archrock
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00

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 Energy16.66% 10.56% 3.31%
Archrock 13.34%16.24%5.40%

Summary

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

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AROC vs. The Competition

MetricArchrockNatural gas transmission IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.30B$25.72B$8.41B$19.11B
Dividend Yield2.94%5.20%11.75%3.66%
P/E Ratio26.9631.1612.2340.95
Price / Sales3.943.2749.8317.54
Price / Cash13.6012.6010.9821.28
Price / Book4.403.113.865.29
Net Income$105M$1.27B$955.68M$989.88M
7 Day Performance-6.37%-1.43%-2.00%-3.55%
1 Month Performance-5.14%-5.70%-6.60%-5.09%
1 Year Performance58.16%42.23%442.62%11.13%

Archrock Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
AROC
Archrock
3.6823 of 5 stars
$24.52
-0.1%
$25.17
+2.6%
+58.3%$4.29B$1.09B26.951,100Positive News
LNT
Alliant Energy
4.252 of 5 stars
$60.51
+0.1%
$63.39
+4.8%
+15.7%$15.53B$4.03B23.433,281
WES
Western Midstream Partners
2.2852 of 5 stars
$39.34
-1.1%
$37.88
-3.7%
+38.1%$14.97B$3.11B10.141,377Positive News
EVRG
Evergy
3.0714 of 5 stars
$61.81
-0.2%
$61.88
+0.1%
+19.6%$14.21B$5.78B16.734,658Positive News
AGR
Avangrid
3.3749 of 5 stars
$35.71
+0.3%
$34.67
-2.9%
+11.4%$13.82B$8.31B12.237,999Trading Halted
EBR
Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. - Eletrobrás
1.2621 of 5 stars
$5.85
-0.8%
N/A-33.0%$13.46B$38.08B0.008,328
WTRG
Essential Utilities
4.5703 of 5 stars
$38.88
+0.5%
$44.00
+13.2%
-2.1%$10.68B$2.05B19.353,258Analyst Revision
Positive News
SBS
Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo - SABESP
1.454 of 5 stars
$14.69
-0.4%
N/A-6.6%$10.04B$5.12B5.7511,170Positive News
DTM
DT Midstream
3.9672 of 5 stars
$99.90
+0.0%
$84.78
-15.1%
+84.4%$9.71B$976M24.48360Positive News
KEP
Korea Electric Power
1.8096 of 5 stars
$7.54
+1.6%
N/A-2.2%$9.68B$91.66T3.4448,696
KNTK
Kinetik
2.5812 of 5 stars
$56.39
-0.7%
$49.00
-13.1%
+72.6%$8.88B$1.45B20.73200

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This page (NYSE:AROC) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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