AROC vs. AM, DTM, KNTK, ETRN, ENLC, TGS, USAC, KGS, NGL, and SMLP
Should you be buying Archrock stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Archrock include Antero Midstream (AM), DT Midstream (DTM), Kinetik (KNTK), Equitrans Midstream (ETRN), EnLink Midstream (ENLC), Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), USA Compression Partners (USAC), Kodiak Gas Services (KGS), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP). These companies are all part of the "natural gas transmission" industry.
Archrock (NYSE:AROC) and Antero Midstream (NYSE:AM) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, earnings, profitability, community ranking, risk, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Archrock has a beta of 1.58, indicating that its stock price is 58% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Midstream has a beta of 2.26, indicating that its stock price is 126% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Antero Midstream has higher revenue and earnings than Archrock. Antero Midstream is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Archrock, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Antero Midstream has a net margin of 36.67% compared to Archrock's net margin of 12.54%. Antero Midstream's return on equity of 20.82% beat Archrock's return on equity.
Archrock presently has a consensus target price of $19.67, suggesting a potential downside of 0.04%. Antero Midstream has a consensus target price of $12.70, suggesting a potential downside of 11.59%. Given Archrock's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Archrock is more favorable than Antero Midstream.
Antero Midstream received 84 more outperform votes than Archrock when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.01% of users gave Antero Midstream an outperform vote while only 62.09% of users gave Archrock an outperform vote.
95.5% of Archrock shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 54.0% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.9% of Archrock shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Antero Midstream shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Antero Midstream had 4 more articles in the media than Archrock. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Antero Midstream and 4 mentions for Archrock. Antero Midstream's average media sentiment score of 1.23 beat Archrock's score of 0.69 indicating that Antero Midstream is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Archrock pays an annual dividend of $0.66 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.4%. Antero Midstream pays an annual dividend of $0.90 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.3%. Archrock pays out 79.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Antero Midstream pays out 112.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
Summary
Antero Midstream beats Archrock on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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