Archrock (AROC) Competitors

Western Midstream Partners (NYSE:WES) and Archrock (NYSE:AROC) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, media sentiment, dividends and earnings.

Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of WES or AROC?

84.8% of Western Midstream Partners shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 95.5% of Archrock shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Western Midstream Partners 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 is poised for long-term growth.

Do analysts rate WES or AROC?

Western Midstream Partners presently has a consensus price target of $37.88, suggesting a potential downside of 10.76%. Archrock has a consensus price target of $25.17, suggesting a potential downside of 16.00%. Given Western Midstream Partners' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Western Midstream Partners is more favorable than Archrock.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Western Midstream Partners	2 Sell rating(s)	7 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	1.90
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the MarketBeat Community favor WES or AROC?

Western Midstream Partners received 210 more outperform votes than Archrock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.59% of users gave Western Midstream Partners an outperform vote while only 62.54% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Western Midstream Partners	Outperform Votes 594 68.59%	Underperform Votes 272 31.41%
Archrock	Outperform Votes 384 62.54%	Underperform Votes 230 37.46%

Is WES or AROC more profitable?

Western Midstream Partners has a net margin of 42.99% compared to Archrock's net margin of 13.34%. Western Midstream Partners' return on equity of 46.02% beat Archrock's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Western Midstream Partners	42.99%	46.02%	12.18%
Archrock	13.34%	16.24%	5.40%

Which has higher earnings & valuation, WES or AROC?

Western Midstream Partners has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Western Midstream Partners 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
Western Midstream Partners	$3.11B	5.20	$1.02B	$3.92	10.83
Archrock	$990.34M	5.30	$105M	$0.91	32.92

Which has more risk and volatility, WES or AROC?

Western Midstream Partners has a beta of 2.9, meaning that its stock price is 190% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Archrock has a beta of 1.58, meaning that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Is WES or AROC a better dividend stock?

Western Midstream Partners pays an annual dividend of $3.50 per share and has a dividend yield of 8.2%. Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.70 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Western Midstream Partners pays out 89.3% 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 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.

Does the media refer more to WES or AROC?

In the previous week, Western Midstream Partners had 1 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Western Midstream Partners and 4 mentions for Archrock. Western Midstream Partners' average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat Archrock's score of 0.43 indicating that Western Midstream Partners is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Western Midstream Partners	2 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Archrock	2 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Western Midstream Partners beats Archrock on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.