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Liberty Energy (LBRT) Competitors

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$17.72 +0.15 (+0.85%)
(As of 09:15 AM ET)

LBRT vs. AR, VNOM, SUN, CHRD, BP, HESM, MGY, VVV, VIST, and NOG

Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include Antero Resources (AR), Viper Energy (VNOM), Sunoco (SUN), Chord Energy (CHRD), BP (BP), Hess Midstream (HESM), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Valvoline (VVV), Vista Energy (VIST), and Northern Oil and Gas (NOG). These companies are all part of the "petroleum and natural gas" industry.

Liberty Energy vs.

Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) and Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, risk, earnings, valuation, community ranking, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends and institutional ownership.

Antero Resources presently has a consensus price target of $32.83, suggesting a potential downside of 1.07%. Liberty Energy has a consensus price target of $22.89, suggesting a potential upside of 30.27%. Given Liberty Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Liberty Energy is more favorable than Antero Resources.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Antero Resources
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
9 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.63
Liberty Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.64

Antero Resources received 415 more outperform votes than Liberty Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.49% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 62.59% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Antero ResourcesOutperform Votes
763
65.49%
Underperform Votes
402
34.51%
Liberty EnergyOutperform Votes
348
62.59%
Underperform Votes
208
37.41%

In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 19 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for Liberty Energy and 7 mentions for Antero Resources. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.06 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.85 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Antero Resources
5 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Liberty Energy
14 Very Positive mention(s)
9 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Antero Resources has a beta of 3.36, meaning that its stock price is 236% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.7, meaning that its stock price is 70% more volatile than the S&P 500.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Antero Resources$4.68B2.21$242.92M$0.14237.07
Liberty Energy$4.75B0.60$556.32M$2.108.37

Liberty Energy has a net margin of 8.02% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 1.03%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 18.50% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Antero Resources1.03% -0.59% -0.32%
Liberty Energy 8.02%18.50%11.17%

83.0% of Antero Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.7% of Liberty Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Liberty Energy beats Antero Resources on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LBRT vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty EnergyOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$2.87B$4.35B$8.45B$19.88B
Dividend Yield1.66%2.08%11.47%3.52%
P/E Ratio8.3728.0817.2942.95
Price / Sales0.600.99124.1719.18
Price / Cash2.887.2611.3417.86
Price / Book1.591.613.745.52
Net Income$556.32M$297.22M$952.17M$986.45M
7 Day Performance1.33%1.53%0.36%0.45%
1 Month Performance0.17%9.93%2.04%1.05%
1 Year Performance-11.49%17.10%402.52%24.67%

Liberty Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.2033 of 5 stars
$17.72
+0.9%
$22.89
+29.2%
-11.4%$2.90B$4.75B8.445,500Options Volume
Positive News
AR
Antero Resources
3.2999 of 5 stars
$34.09
+2.7%
$32.83
-3.7%
+31.6%$10.61B$4.08B237.07590
VNOM
Viper Energy
2.9962 of 5 stars
$54.83
+1.5%
$51.63
-5.8%
+76.9%$10.33B$827.70M23.18711Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Positive News
SUN
Sunoco
2.0608 of 5 stars
$53.47
-0.7%
$62.25
+16.4%
-0.2%$8.15B$23.07B12.292,389
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.8202 of 5 stars
$131.15
+1.0%
$188.45
+43.7%
-19.7%$8.02B$3.90B6.69530Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
BP
BP
4.1875 of 5 stars
$29.37
+1.0%
$42.73
+45.5%
-19.0%$7.95B$213.03B30.6187,800Analyst Revision
HESM
Hess Midstream
2.0402 of 5 stars
$36.40
+0.9%
$38.67
+6.2%
+14.7%$7.94B$1.35B15.28200Positive News
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
2.565 of 5 stars
$27.99
+1.0%
$27.67
-1.2%
+27.4%$5.50B$1.23B13.72247Analyst Revision
VVV
Valvoline
3.7955 of 5 stars
$38.74
+0.7%
$46.25
+19.4%
+11.4%$4.99B$1.62B23.7510,900Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
VIST
Vista Energy
3.8051 of 5 stars
$51.05
+2.3%
$59.80
+17.2%
+69.6%$4.86B$1.17B9.89410Positive News
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
3.8602 of 5 stars
$42.00
+1.0%
$47.50
+13.1%
+11.1%$4.19B$2.17B4.9930Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage

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