APA vs Expand Energy
APA and EXE side by side, both in crude petroleum and natural gas. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How APA and EXE compare
APA and Expand Energy are about the same size, with market caps of $18.5B and $21.0B.
On earnings, Expand Energy is cheaper: it trades at 7.8× trailing earnings, against 11.2× for APA.
Both pay dividends: APA yields 1.9% and Expand Energy 2.5%.
Expand Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 10 for APA), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | APA | EXE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $18.5B | $21.0B |
| Share price | $52.82 | $90.55 |
| Change, 1 year | 134% | −9.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 76.7% | 37.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Employees | 1,791 | 1,600 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 3 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 1 | 1 |
| Performance score | 2 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Dividend score | 2 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 11.2× | 7.8× (better) |
| P/S | – | 1.5× |
| P/B | 2.6× | 1.1× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.6× (better) | 3.6× |
| P/FCF | – | 7.8× |
| FCF yield | – | 12.8% |
| Fair value | $83.38 | $111.34 |
| Margin of safety | 36.7% (better) | 18.7% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | – | 59.3% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 18.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 55.1% | 1250% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 58.2% | 2869% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 26.9% |
| Net margin | – | 20.5% |
| FCF margin | – | 19.7% |
| Return on equity | 25.9% (better) | 14.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 29.2% (better) | 12.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.53 | 0.19 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.55 | 0.46 (better) |
| Interest coverage | 13.4× | 16.8× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.96 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.83 | 2.65 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.9% | 2.5% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 21.2% | 27.5% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 58.5% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 2.8% |
| Shareholder yield | 1.9% | 5.3% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 95.3% |
| Held by insiders | 0.65% | 0.31% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.2M | $877K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 7.3% | 4.2% |
Go deeper
- APA stock overview
- APA income statement
- APA valuation and score
- EXE stock overview
- EXE income statement
- EXE valuation and score
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