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
Expand Energy is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as APA ($20.4B against $17.0B).
On earnings, Expand Energy is cheaper: it trades at 7.7× trailing earnings, against 7.9× for APA.
Both pay dividends: APA yields 2.1% and Expand Energy 2.6%.
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 | $17.0B | $20.4B |
| Share price | $48.44 | $88.53 |
| Change, 1 year | 103% | −25.9% |
| Change, 5 years | 86.3% | 43.4% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.66 | 0.60 |
| 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 | 7.9× | 7.7× (better) |
| P/S | – | 1.5× |
| P/B | 2.4× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 3.1× (better) | 3.8× |
| P/FCF | – | 7.9× |
| FCF yield | – | 12.7% |
| Fair value | $85.73 | $101.66 |
| Margin of safety | 43.5% (better) | 12.9% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | – | 28.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | – | 18.3% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | 43.8% | 218% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 48.1% | 228% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | – | 25.7% |
| Net margin | – | 19.8% |
| FCF margin | – | 18.6% |
| Return on equity | 33.0% (better) | 14.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 33.4% (better) | 12.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.46 | 0.24 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.50 (better) | 0.69 |
| Interest coverage | 16.0× | 17.4× (better) |
| Current ratio | 0.85 | 0.90 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.89 | 2.32 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 2.1% | 2.6% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 16.2% | 19.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 0 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 58.5% | – |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 2.1% | 7.0% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 102% | 95.5% |
| Held by insiders | 0.66% | 0.33% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$1.2M | $877K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 6.7% | 5.1% |
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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