Antero Resources (AR) and Its Rivals Head-To-Head Contrast

Antero Resources (NYSE:AR) is one of 1,051 public companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it contrast to its competitors? We will compare Antero Resources to related companies based on the strength of its profitability, institutional ownership, dividends, analyst recommendations, valuation, earnings and risk.

Profitability

This table compares Antero Resources and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Antero Resources	21.22%	11.26%	6.24%
Antero Resources Competitors	-455.84%	19.30%	6.64%

Risk & Volatility

Antero Resources has a beta of 0.5, meaning that its stock price is 50% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Antero Resources’ competitors have a beta of -3.76, meaning that their average stock price is 476% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares Antero Resources and its competitors gross revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Antero Resources	$5.28 billion	$634.42 million	8.62
Antero Resources Competitors	$11.73 billion	$5.51 billion	-1.24

Antero Resources’ competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Antero Resources. Antero Resources is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current ratings and price targets for Antero Resources and its competitors, as provided by MarketBeat.com.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Antero Resources	0	6	12	5	2.96
Antero Resources Competitors	5994	27032	40912	2431	2.52

Antero Resources currently has a consensus target price of $48.74, indicating a potential upside of 27.66%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 27.42%. Given Antero Resources’ stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe Antero Resources is more favorable than its competitors.

Insider and Institutional Ownership

83.0% of Antero Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by institutional investors. 4.1% of Antero Resources shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 15.3% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Antero Resources beats its competitors on 7 of the 13 factors compared.

About Antero Resources

Antero Resources Corporation is an independent energy company focused on acquiring, developing and producing natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil from unconventional reserves in the Appalachian Basin. Its operations are concentrated in the Marcellus Shale in West Virginia and the Utica Shale in Ohio. The company’s products include natural gas and natural gas liquids such as ethane, propane, butane and natural gasoline. Antero also markets and transports its production to customers, including users in domestic and international energy markets.