BKV (BKV) Competitors $17.05 +0.51 (+3.08%) As of 03:58 PM Eastern Add Compare Share Share Competitors Stock AnalysisAnalyst ForecastsChartCompetitorsEarningsFinancialsHeadlinesInsider TradesOwnershipSEC FilingsTrendsBuy This Stock BKV vs. APA, CHRD, VVV, MGY, VIST, VRN, CRC, BSM, CIVI, and NOGShould you be buying BKV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of BKV include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Valvoline (VVV), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Vista Energy (VIST), Veren (VRN), California Resources (CRC), Black Stone Minerals (BSM), Civitas Resources (CIVI), and Northern Oil and Gas (NOG). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry. BKV vs. APA Chord Energy Valvoline Magnolia Oil & Gas Vista Energy Veren California Resources Black Stone Minerals Civitas Resources Northern Oil and Gas APA (NASDAQ:APA) and BKV (NYSE:BKV) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, risk, valuation, profitability and institutional ownership. Does the media favor APA or BKV? In the previous week, APA had 32 more articles in the media than BKV. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for APA and 1 mentions for BKV. BKV's average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat APA's score of 0.45 indicating that BKV is being referred to more favorably in the news media. Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment APA 14 Very Positive mention(s) 2 Positive mention(s) 4 Neutral mention(s) 4 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Neutral BKV 0 Very Positive mention(s) 0 Positive mention(s) 0 Neutral mention(s) 1 Negative mention(s) 0 Very Negative mention(s) Positive Which has preferable earnings & valuation, APA or BKV? APA has higher revenue and earnings than BKV. CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings RatioAPA$9.74B0.57$2.86B$2.266.73BKV$604.53M2.39N/AN/AN/A Is APA or BKV more profitable? APA has a net margin of 24.36% compared to BKV's net margin of 0.00%. APA's return on equity of 27.86% beat BKV's return on equity.Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets APA24.36% 27.86% 7.99% BKV N/A N/A N/A Do institutionals & insiders hold more shares of APA or BKV? 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.3% of APA shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term. Does the MarketBeat Community prefer APA or BKV? APA received 94 more outperform votes than BKV when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 100.00% of users gave BKV an outperform vote while only 39.44% of users gave APA an outperform vote. CompanyUnderperformOutperformAPAOutperform Votes11239.44% Underperform Votes17260.56% BKVOutperform Votes18100.00% Underperform VotesNo Votes Do analysts rate APA or BKV? APA currently has a consensus price target of $26.58, suggesting a potential upside of 74.86%. BKV has a consensus price target of $28.00, suggesting a potential upside of 64.22%. Given APA's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than BKV.Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score APA 4 Sell rating(s) 10 Hold rating(s) 4 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 2.00BKV 0 Sell rating(s) 0 Hold rating(s) 8 Buy rating(s) 0 Strong Buy rating(s) 3.00 SummaryAPA beats BKV on 9 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks. Remove Ads Get BKV News Delivered to You Automatically Sign up to receive the latest news and ratings for BKV and its competitors with MarketBeat's FREE daily newsletter. Email Address New MarketBeat Followers Over TimeWhat are MarkeBeat Followers?This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding {thisCompany.Symbol} and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period. Skip ChartMedia Sentiment Over TimeWhat is Media Sentiment?This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.Skip Chart BKV vs. The Competition Export to ExcelMetricBKVCrude petroleum & natural gas IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE ExchangeMarket Cap$1.44B$7.14B$6.77B$18.52BDividend YieldN/A24.28%11.08%4.25%P/E RatioN/A9.3341.7731.06Price / Sales2.395.1118,767.4526.47Price / CashN/A7.3835.4317.54Price / BookN/A1.473.324.29Net IncomeN/A$1.10B$4.27B$1.02B7 Day Performance3.11%1.13%1.86%4.23%1 Month Performance-15.06%-8.91%-7.59%-6.79%1 Year PerformanceN/A-21.66%-6.30%-0.03% BKV Competitors List Export to ExcelCompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)BKVBKV1.8375 of 5 stars$17.05+3.1%$28.00+64.2%N/A$1.44B$604.53M0.00356Gap DownAPAAPA3.7957 of 5 stars$14.96-1.4%$27.68+85.1%-55.4%$5.45B$9.74B2.112,270Analyst ForecastGap UpHigh Trading VolumeCHRDChord Energy4.4447 of 5 stars$86.02-2.0%$160.31+86.4%-52.3%$5.12B$5.25B4.43530Analyst ForecastAnalyst RevisionNews CoverageGap UpVVVValvoline4.467 of 5 stars$33.04-4.3%$43.67+32.2%-18.6%$4.20B$1.66B15.8111,500Gap DownMGYMagnolia Oil & Gas4.4261 of 5 stars$20.54-2.7%$27.77+35.2%-23.6%$3.99B$1.32B10.64210Short Interest ↓Analyst RevisionNews CoverageGap UpHigh Trading VolumeVISTVista Energy4.4188 of 5 stars$36.80-5.0%$64.73+75.9%-12.0%$3.50B$1.65B7.13410News CoveragePositive NewsGap UpHigh Trading VolumeVRNVeren3.6435 of 5 stars$5.51-0.5%$12.67+130.1%N/A$3.37B$4.41B3.93777Gap DownHigh Trading VolumeCRCCalifornia Resources4.5656 of 5 stars$34.13-2.0%$64.50+89.0%-38.5%$3.09B$2.93B5.381,060Analyst ForecastShort Interest ↓News CoverageGap UpBSMBlack Stone Minerals2.2084 of 5 stars$13.52-3.2%$16.00+18.3%-12.7%$2.85B$439.43M8.35110CIVICivitas Resources4.6497 of 5 stars$24.87+2.4%$62.86+152.8%-63.2%$2.31B$5.20B2.46350Gap UpHigh Trading VolumeNOGNorthern Oil and Gas4.3762 of 5 stars$22.50-3.9%$45.44+102.0%-47.2%$2.23B$2.16B4.3830Analyst ForecastGap UpHigh Trading Volume Remove Ads Related Companies and Tools Related Companies APA Competitors Chord Energy Competitors Valvoline Competitors Magnolia Oil & Gas Competitors Vista Energy Competitors Veren Competitors California Resources Competitors Black Stone Minerals Competitors Civitas Resources Competitors Northern Oil and Gas Competitors Top 10 Stock Comparisons Semiconductor Stocks Artificial Intelligence Stocks Growth Stocks Magnificent Seven Stocks Pharmaceutical Stocks Ecommerce Stocks Bitcoin Stocks Meme Stocks Cryptocurrency Stocks Cybersecurity Stocks This page (NYSE:BKV) was last updated on 4/14/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff From Our PartnersWarning: “DOGE Collapse” imminentElon Strikes Back You may already sense that the tide is turning against Elon Musk and DOGE. 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