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LBRT vs. APA, CHRD, VIST, VVV, MGY, VRN, CRC, BSM, CIVI, and NOG

Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include APA (APA), Chord Energy (CHRD), Vista Energy (VIST), Valvoline (VVV), Magnolia Oil & Gas (MGY), 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.

Liberty Energy vs.

Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and APA (NASDAQ:APA) are both energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Liberty Energy received 247 more outperform votes than APA when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.39% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 39.10% of users gave APA an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Liberty EnergyOutperform Votes
360
62.39%
Underperform Votes
217
37.61%
APAOutperform Votes
113
39.10%
Underperform Votes
176
60.90%

98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of APA shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Liberty Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of APA shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Liberty Energy presently has a consensus target price of $18.05, indicating a potential upside of 48.32%. APA has a consensus target price of $25.79, indicating a potential upside of 58.61%. Given APA's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe APA is more favorable than Liberty Energy.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Liberty Energy
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
3 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.71
APA
4 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.00

APA has a net margin of 24.36% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 7.32%. APA's return on equity of 27.86% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Liberty Energy7.32% 14.28% 8.60%
APA 24.36%27.86%7.99%

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Liberty Energy$4.22B0.47$316.01M$1.518.06
APA$9.74B0.60$2.86B$2.267.19

Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. APA pays an annual dividend of $1.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 6.2%. Liberty Energy pays out 21.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. APA pays out 44.2% 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.

In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 3 more articles in the media than APA. MarketBeat recorded 37 mentions for Liberty Energy and 34 mentions for APA. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat APA's score of 0.18 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Liberty Energy
18 Very Positive mention(s)
5 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
APA
11 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
8 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.18, indicating that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, APA has a beta of 2.74, indicating that its stock price is 174% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Liberty Energy beats APA on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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LBRT vs. The Competition

MetricLiberty EnergyOil & gas field services IndustryEnergy SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$1.97B$3.24B$7.08B$18.86B
Dividend Yield2.66%2.76%10.99%4.15%
P/E Ratio6.5121.0347.9532.40
Price / Sales0.470.9722,904.5828.58
Price / Cash3.647.4435.4417.53
Price / Book1.001.133.454.44
Net Income$316.01M$288.76M$4.29B$1.02B
7 Day Performance1.04%0.04%1.47%3.35%
1 Month Performance-21.74%-15.81%-6.05%-5.48%
1 Year Performance-47.11%-19.39%-1.68%4.28%

Liberty Energy Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
LBRT
Liberty Energy
4.8919 of 5 stars
$12.17
+1.0%
$18.05
+48.3%
-46.5%$1.97B$4.22B6.514,580Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
APA
APA
3.8003 of 5 stars
$15.50
-3.8%
$26.21
+69.1%
-49.3%$5.61B$9.74B2.192,270Upcoming Earnings
Ex-Dividend
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
CHRD
Chord Energy
4.6443 of 5 stars
$92.84
-1.7%
$157.00
+69.1%
-48.4%$5.52B$5.25B4.78530Analyst Forecast
Positive News
VIST
Vista Energy
4.3339 of 5 stars
$45.35
-5.1%
$67.08
+47.9%
+13.4%$4.32B$1.65B8.79410Earnings Report
VVV
Valvoline
4.2442 of 5 stars
$33.03
-1.3%
$43.67
+32.2%
-18.2%$4.20B$1.66B15.808,900Analyst Revision
MGY
Magnolia Oil & Gas
4.4667 of 5 stars
$20.21
-4.2%
$27.54
+36.3%
-18.2%$3.92B$1.32B10.47210Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
VRN
Veren
3.6758 of 5 stars
$6.01
-2.0%
$12.67
+110.8%
N/A$3.68B$4.41B4.29777Gap Up
CRC
California Resources
4.6117 of 5 stars
$34.36
-3.7%
$63.83
+85.8%
-35.7%$3.11B$2.93B5.411,060Analyst Forecast
BSM
Black Stone Minerals
1.3944 of 5 stars
$14.33
-2.1%
$16.00
+11.7%
-9.1%$3.03B$439.43M8.85110Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
CIVI
Civitas Resources
4.766 of 5 stars
$28.38
-2.0%
$62.86
+121.5%
-60.0%$2.64B$5.20B2.81350Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
NOG
Northern Oil and Gas
4.3126 of 5 stars
$23.08
-4.6%
$44.78
+94.0%
-44.7%$2.28B$2.16B4.4930Upcoming Earnings

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