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$9.26 -0.11 (-1.12%)
Closing price 08/6/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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CRGY vs. APA, CHRD, CIVI, MGY, MTDR, MUR, NOG, PR, SM, and VTLE

Should you be buying Crescent Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Crescent Energy include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Civitas Resources (CIVI), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Matador Resources (MTDR), Murphy Oil (MUR), Northern Oil and Gas (NOG), Permian Resources (PR), SM Energy (SM), and Vital Energy (VTLE). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.

Crescent Energy vs. Its Competitors

APA (NASDAQ:APA) and Crescent Energy (NYSE:CRGY) are both mid-cap energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, analyst recommendations, dividends, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.

83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 52.1% of Crescent Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 0.7% of APA shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 13.2% of Crescent Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

APA has a net margin of 9.75% compared to Crescent Energy's net margin of 0.67%. APA's return on equity of 23.22% beat Crescent Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
APA9.75% 23.22% 7.63%
Crescent Energy 0.67%13.35%4.82%

APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.5%. Crescent Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.48 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.2%. APA pays out 36.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Crescent Energy pays out -106.7% 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. Crescent Energy has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years.

APA has higher revenue and earnings than Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than APA, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
APA$10.42B0.63$804M$2.786.50
Crescent Energy$2.93B0.81-$114.61M-$0.45-20.57

APA has a beta of 1.23, meaning that its share price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Crescent Energy has a beta of 1.86, meaning that its share price is 86% more volatile than the S&P 500.

APA currently has a consensus target price of $23.53, indicating a potential upside of 30.28%. Crescent Energy has a consensus target price of $16.10, indicating a potential upside of 73.96%. Given Crescent Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Crescent Energy is more favorable than APA.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
APA
3 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00
Crescent Energy
1 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
8 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.75

In the previous week, APA had 4 more articles in the media than Crescent Energy. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for APA and 22 mentions for Crescent Energy. Crescent Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.26 beat APA's score of 0.73 indicating that Crescent Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
APA
10 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Crescent Energy
11 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

APA and Crescent Energy tied by winning 10 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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.
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CRGY vs. The Competition

MetricCrescent EnergyOther Alt Energy IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.39B$10.12B$7.80B$20.65B
Dividend Yield5.13%4.55%10.95%3.66%
P/E Ratio-51.4263.1577.5429.27
Price / Sales0.8155.7423,926.4962.32
Price / Cash1.7921.1035.8523.31
Price / Book0.535.043.844.37
Net Income-$114.61M$274.52M$4.26B$996.36M
7 Day Performance0.33%0.25%-0.42%0.59%
1 Month Performance4.58%1.49%1.24%0.23%
1 Year Performance-10.58%64.01%11.82%16.71%

Crescent Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CRGY
Crescent Energy
4.1965 of 5 stars
$9.26
-1.1%
$16.10
+74.0%
-9.2%$2.39B$2.93B-51.42700Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Gap Up
APA
APA
3.7027 of 5 stars
$18.27
-1.0%
$23.50
+28.6%
-33.4%$6.68B$9.74B6.572,305Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.7223 of 5 stars
$105.37
-0.5%
$151.54
+43.8%
-31.5%$6.11B$5.25B7.05530Positive News
Earnings Report
CIVI
Civitas Resources
4.7072 of 5 stars
$28.70
-0.1%
$48.69
+69.7%
-52.2%$2.66B$5.21B3.29350News Coverage
Earnings Report
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
3.68 of 5 stars
$23.79
+1.5%
$26.67
+12.1%
+0.9%$4.51B$1.32B12.46210Analyst Revision
MTDR
Matador Resources
4.3634 of 5 stars
$47.65
-0.3%
$68.00
+42.7%
-12.2%$5.95B$3.50B6.98290Positive News
Insider Trade
MUR
Murphy Oil
4.9025 of 5 stars
$23.56
-0.5%
$29.46
+25.0%
-34.8%$3.38B$3.03B9.06690Trending News
Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
3.9081 of 5 stars
$25.13
+0.4%
$38.11
+51.7%
-31.1%$2.47B$2.23B4.1530Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
PR
Permian Resources
4.5086 of 5 stars
$13.68
+0.2%
$18.47
+35.0%
-0.9%$10.97B$5.00B8.44220Positive News
Dividend Announcement
SM
SM Energy
4.8328 of 5 stars
$26.94
+1.1%
$42.50
+57.8%
-31.0%$3.05B$2.69B3.81540Positive News
Earnings Report
VTLE
Vital Energy
2.1986 of 5 stars
$16.61
-1.8%
$28.30
+70.4%
-55.2%$655.57M$1.98B-4.91290Positive News
Earnings Report

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