CHK vs. AR, PR, APA, OVV, RRC, SWN, MTDR, MRO, HESM, and CHRD
Should you be buying Chesapeake Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Chesapeake Energy include Antero Resources (AR), Permian Resources (PR), APA (APA), Ovintiv (OVV), Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Marathon Oil (MRO), Hess Midstream (HESM), and Chord Energy (CHRD). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Chesapeake Energy (NASDAQ:CHK) and Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) are both large-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, media sentiment, dividends, earnings, valuation, profitability, community ranking, risk and institutional ownership.
97.9% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of Chesapeake Energy shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Antero Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Chesapeake Energy. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for Antero Resources and 12 mentions for Chesapeake Energy. Chesapeake Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Antero Resources' score of 0.71 indicating that Chesapeake Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Chesapeake Energy currently has a consensus target price of $106.67, indicating a potential upside of 16.33%. Antero Resources has a consensus target price of $32.69, indicating a potential downside of 6.59%. Given Chesapeake Energy's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Chesapeake Energy is more favorable than Antero Resources.
Chesapeake Energy has a beta of 0.51, indicating that its share price is 49% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources has a beta of 3.27, indicating that its share price is 227% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Chesapeake Energy has a net margin of 16.42% compared to Antero Resources' net margin of 1.50%. Chesapeake Energy's return on equity of 4.87% beat Antero Resources' return on equity.
Chesapeake Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Chesapeake Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Antero Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Antero Resources received 691 more outperform votes than Chesapeake Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 65.76% of users gave Antero Resources an outperform vote while only 56.60% of users gave Chesapeake Energy an outperform vote.
Summary
Chesapeake Energy beats Antero Resources on 10 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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