Antero Resources vs Expand Energy
AR 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 AR and EXE compare
Expand Energy is the larger company, worth 1.7 times as much as Antero Resources ($20.5B against $11.7B).
On earnings, Expand Energy is cheaper: it trades at 7.7× trailing earnings, against 8.6× for Antero Resources.
Antero Resources grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (28.7% versus 28.2% for Expand Energy).
Expand Energy pays a dividend yielding 3.2%; Antero Resources does not pay one.
Expand Energy scores higher on the StockData Score (16 against 10 for Antero Resources), 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 | AR | EXE |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $11.7B | $20.5B |
| Share price | $38.21 | $88.63 |
| Change, 1 year | 12.9% | −22.8% |
| Change, 5 years | 110% | 43.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.75 | 0.60 |
| Employees | 632 | 1,600 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 16 (better) |
| Valuation score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 2 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 3 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 8.6× | 7.7× (better) |
| P/S | 1.8× | 1.5× (better) |
| P/B | 1.4× | 1.0× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.5× | 3.8× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 7.9× |
| FCF yield | – | 12.7% |
| Fair value | $47.59 | $100.71 |
| Margin of safety | 19.7% (better) | 12.0% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 28.7% (better) | 28.2% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 8.6% | 18.3% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | 218% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | 138% | 228% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | 27.6% (better) | 25.7% |
| Net margin | – | 19.8% |
| FCF margin | – | 18.6% |
| Return on equity | – | 14.6% |
| Return on invested capital | 13.9% (better) | 12.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | 0.24 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 1.05 | 0.69 (better) |
| Interest coverage | – | 17.4× |
| Current ratio | 0.39 | 0.90 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 1.97 | 2.32 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | – | 7 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | – | 3.2% |
| Payout ratio | – | 19.9% |
| Buyback yield | – | 4.4% |
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 7.6% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 90.2% | 95.5% |
| Held by insiders | 6.5% | 0.33% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$11.2M | $877K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | – | 1 |
| Short interest, % of float | 4.3% | 5.1% |
Go deeper
- AR stock overview
- AR income statement
- AR valuation and score
- EXE stock overview
- EXE income statement
- EXE valuation and score
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