APY vs. CHX, PRIM, PATK, CCS, GVA, FTDR, DFH, ROAD, ABM, and DOOR
Should you be buying Apergy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Apergy include ChampionX (CHX), Primoris Services (PRIM), Patrick Industries (PATK), Century Communities (CCS), Granite Construction (GVA), Frontdoor (FTDR), Dream Finders Homes (DFH), Construction Partners (ROAD), ABM Industries (ABM), and Masonite International (DOOR). These companies are all part of the "construction" sector.
ChampionX (NASDAQ:CHX) and Apergy (NYSE:APY) are both mid-cap construction companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, dividends, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
In the previous week, ChampionX had 7 more articles in the media than Apergy. MarketBeat recorded 9 mentions for ChampionX and 2 mentions for Apergy. Apergy's average media sentiment score of 1.14 beat ChampionX's score of 0.00 indicating that ChampionX is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Apergy received 135 more outperform votes than ChampionX when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 68.67% of users gave Apergy an outperform vote while only 53.19% of users gave ChampionX an outperform vote.
99.0% of ChampionX shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.5% of Apergy shares are held by institutional investors. 1.4% of ChampionX shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.6% of Apergy shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
ChampionX has a beta of 2.45, suggesting that its share price is 145% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Apergy has a beta of 3.56, suggesting that its share price is 256% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ChampionX currently has a consensus price target of $40.33, suggesting a potential upside of 17.86%. Given Apergy's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe ChampionX is more favorable than Apergy.
ChampionX has higher revenue and earnings than Apergy. ChampionX is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Apergy, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
ChampionX has a net margin of 9.74% compared to ChampionX's net margin of -57.05%. Apergy's return on equity of 21.42% beat ChampionX's return on equity.
Summary
ChampionX beats Apergy on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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