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 superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, valuation, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability and earnings.

Is NOG or AR more profitable?

Northern Oil and Gas has a net margin of 33.44% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 1.03%. Northern Oil and Gas' return on equity of 27.52% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Northern Oil and Gas	33.44%	27.52%	12.28%
Antero Resources	1.03%	-0.59%	-0.32%

Do analysts prefer NOG or AR?

Northern Oil and Gas currently has a consensus price target of $47.56, suggesting a potential upside of 28.97%. Antero Resources has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 0.79%. Given Northern Oil and Gas' higher possible upside, 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)	4 Hold rating(s)	5 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.56
Antero Resources	0 Sell rating(s)	8 Hold rating(s)	8 Buy rating(s)	2 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.67

Does the media prefer NOG or AR?

In the previous week, Northern Oil and Gas had 15 more articles in the media than Antero Resources. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Northern Oil and Gas and 8 mentions for Antero Resources. Antero Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Northern Oil and Gas' score of 0.75 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	6 Very Positive mention(s)	4 Positive mention(s)	4 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Antero Resources	4 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	3 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Do institutionals & insiders 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, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Which has more volatility & risk, NOG or AR?

Northern Oil and Gas has a beta of 1.82, meaning that its stock price is 82% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.33, meaning that its stock price is 233% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Which has higher valuation and 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	1.70	$922.97M	$8.33	4.43
Antero Resources	$4.68B	2.57	$242.92M	$0.14	276.39

Does the MarketBeat Community favor NOG or AR?

Antero Resources received 727 more outperform votes than Northern Oil and Gas when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.06% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 38.10% of users gave Northern Oil and Gas an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Northern Oil and Gas	Outperform Votes 40 38.10%	Underperform Votes 65 61.90%
Antero Resources	Outperform Votes 767 65.06%	Underperform Votes 412 34.94%

Summary

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