Northern Oil and Gas (NOG) Competitors

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

Which has stronger valuation & earnings, NOG or AR?

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

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Northern Oil and Gas	$2.16B	1.32	$922.97M	$5.14	5.61
Antero Resources	$4.12B	2.73	$57.23M	$0.32	112.78

Do analysts prefer NOG or AR?

Northern Oil and Gas currently has a consensus target price of $46.89, suggesting a potential upside of 62.62%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $39.94, suggesting a potential upside of 10.67%. Given Northern Oil and Gas' higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Northern Oil and Gas is more favorable than Antero Resources.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Northern Oil and Gas	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50
Antero Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Is NOG or AR more profitable?

Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 23.38% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 2.31%. Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity of 24.41% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Oil and Gas	23.38%	24.41%	10.61%
Antero Resources	2.31%	0.74%	0.40%

Does the media refer more to NOG or AR?

In the previous week, Northern Oil and Gas had 19 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 30 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas and 11 mentions for Antero Resources. Antero Resources' average media sentiment score of 1.35 beat Northern Oil and Gas' score of 0.85 indicating that Antero Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Northern Oil and Gas	12 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	1 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Antero Resources	8 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer NOG or AR?

Antero Resources received 726 more outperform votes than Northern Oil and Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.84% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 37.61% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Oil and Gas	Outperform Votes 41 37.61%	Underperform Votes 68 62.39%
Antero Resources	Outperform Votes 767 64.84%	Underperform Votes 416 35.16%

Do insiders & institutionals believe in NOG or AR?

98.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 2.8% of Northern Oil and Gas shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.7% of Antero Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more volatility and risk, NOG or AR?

Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.84, suggesting that its share price is 84% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.38, suggesting that its share price is 238% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Summary

Antero Resources beats Northern Oil and Gas on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.