LBRT vs. APA, PTEN, HAL, HP, MGY, MUR, NBR, PUMP, RES, and WHD
Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include APA (APA), Patterson-UTI Energy (PTEN), Halliburton (HAL), Helmerich & Payne (HP), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), Murphy Oil (MUR), Nabors Industries (NBR), ProPetro (PUMP), RPC (RES), and Cactus (WHD). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Liberty Energy vs. Its Competitors
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, media sentiment, risk and profitability.
Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.9%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.0%. Liberty Energy pays out 24.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 36.0% 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. Liberty Energy has raised its dividend for 2 consecutive years.
Liberty Energy has a beta of 0.67, indicating that its stock price is 33% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 1.23, indicating that its stock price is 23% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of APA shares are owned by company 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.
APA has a net margin of 10.53% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 5.29%. APA's return on equity of 20.98% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.
Liberty Energy currently has a consensus price target of $15.15, indicating a potential upside of 37.23%. APA has a consensus price target of $23.59, indicating a potential upside of 17.88%. Given Liberty Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Liberty Energy is more favorable than APA.
In the previous week, APA had 30 more articles in the media than Liberty Energy. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for APA and 3 mentions for Liberty Energy. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.76 beat APA's score of 0.90 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
APA has higher revenue and earnings than Liberty Energy. APA is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Liberty Energy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
APA beats Liberty Energy on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:LBRT) was last updated on 8/9/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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