AESI vs. RRC, SWN, MTDR, HESM, CHRD, VNOM, MUR, SM, CPG, and VRN
Should you be buying Atlas Energy Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Atlas Energy Solutions include Range Resources (RRC), Southwestern Energy (SWN), Matador Resources (MTDR), Hess Midstream (HESM), Chord Energy (CHRD), Viper Energy (VNOM), Murphy Oil (MUR), SM Energy (SM), Crescent Point Energy (CPG), and Veren (VRN). These companies are all part of the "crude petroleum & natural gas" industry.
Atlas Energy Solutions (NYSE:AESI) and Range Resources (NYSE:RRC) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, valuation, earnings and profitability.
Range Resources has higher revenue and earnings than Atlas Energy Solutions. Atlas Energy Solutions is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Range Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Atlas Energy Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Range Resources pays an annual dividend of $0.32 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.9%. Atlas Energy Solutions pays out 35.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Range Resources pays out 16.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
Atlas Energy Solutions presently has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.35%. Range Resources has a consensus target price of $37.10, indicating a potential upside of 0.51%. Given Atlas Energy Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Atlas Energy Solutions is more favorable than Range Resources.
Atlas Energy Solutions has a beta of 0.66, meaning that its share price is 34% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Range Resources has a beta of 1.85, meaning that its share price is 85% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Range Resources had 2 more articles in the media than Atlas Energy Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Range Resources and 5 mentions for Atlas Energy Solutions. Range Resources' average media sentiment score of 0.93 beat Atlas Energy Solutions' score of 0.86 indicating that Range Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
34.6% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 98.9% of Range Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. 24.3% of Atlas Energy Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.6% of Range Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Range Resources received 1001 more outperform votes than Atlas Energy Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 90.48% of users gave Atlas Energy Solutions an outperform vote while only 59.89% of users gave Range Resources an outperform vote.
Atlas Energy Solutions has a net margin of 19.98% compared to Range Resources' net margin of 17.00%. Atlas Energy Solutions' return on equity of 29.56% beat Range Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Atlas Energy Solutions beats Range Resources on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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