CHK vs. PR, APA, AR, OVV, RRC, SWN, HESM, MTDR, CHRD, and MRO
Should you be buying Chesapeake Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chesapeake Energy include Permian Resources (PR), APA (APA), Antero Resources (AR), Ovintiv (OVV), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Hess Midstream (HESM), Matador Resources (MTDR), Chord Energy (CHRD), and Marathon Oil (MRO). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Permian Resources (NASDAQ:PR) and Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and media sentiment.
Permian Resources presently has a consensus target price of $19.31, indicating a potential upside of 15.27%. Chesapeake Energy has a consensus target price of $104.73, indicating a potential upside of 16.52%. Given Permian Resources' higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than Permian Resources.
91.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by institutional investors. 12.8% of Permian Resources shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.1% of Chesapeake Energy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Chesapeake Energy has a net margin of 27.74% compared to Chesapeake Energy's net margin of 15.26%. Chesapeake Energy's return on equity of 10.98% beat Permian Resources' return on equity.
Chesapeake Energy received 20 more outperform votes than Permian Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 55.88% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote while only 52.86% of users gave Permian Resources an outperform vote.
Permian Resources has a beta of 4.35, indicating that its stock price is 335% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.52, indicating that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Permian Resources. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Permian Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Chesapeake Energy had 10 more articles in the media than Permian Resources. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Chesapeake Energy and 9 mentions for Permian Resources. Permian Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Chesapeake Energy's score of 0.72 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Permian Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Chesapeake Energy pays an annual dividend of $2.30 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Permian Resources pays out 17.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Chesapeake Energy pays out 13.7% 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. Permian Resources has increased its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Chesapeake Energy has increased its dividend for 2 consecutive years. Chesapeake Energy is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.
Summary
Chesapeake Energy beats Permian Resources on 13 of the 22 factors compared between the two stocks.
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