Archrock (AROC) Competitors

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

Do analysts recommend AROC or EVRG?

Archrock currently has a consensus target price of $26.67, suggesting a potential upside of 13.17%. Evergy has a consensus target price of $69.08, suggesting a potential upside of 1.79%. Given Archrock's higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Archrock is more favorable than Evergy.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Archrock	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	6 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Evergy	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00

Does the media prefer AROC or EVRG?

In the previous week, Evergy had 8 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Evergy and 14 mentions for Archrock. Evergy's average media sentiment score of 1.36 beat Archrock's score of 1.36 indicating that Evergy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Archrock	12 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	2 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Evergy	16 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is AROC or EVRG a better dividend stock?

Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.76 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. Evergy pays an annual dividend of $2.67 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.9%. Archrock pays out 73.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Evergy pays out 70.4% 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. Evergy has raised its dividend for 20 consecutive years. Evergy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, AROC or EVRG?

Evergy has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Evergy 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
Archrock	$1.16B	3.57	$105M	$1.04	22.66
Evergy	$5.85B	2.67	$731.30M	$3.79	17.91

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer AROC or EVRG?

Archrock received 251 more outperform votes than Evergy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.60% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote while only 60.09% of users gave Evergy an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Archrock	Outperform Votes 385 62.60%	Underperform Votes 230 37.40%
Evergy	Outperform Votes 134 60.09%	Underperform Votes 89 39.91%

Which has more volatility & risk, AROC or EVRG?

Archrock has a beta of 1.25, indicating that its stock price is 25% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Evergy has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Is AROC or EVRG more profitable?

Evergy has a net margin of 14.77% compared to Archrock's net margin of 13.34%. Archrock's return on equity of 16.24% beat Evergy's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Archrock	13.34%	16.24%	5.40%
Evergy	14.77%	8.77%	2.72%

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

95.4% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 87.2% of Evergy shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.6% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of Evergy shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Archrock beats Evergy on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.