APA CORPORATION vs EOG RESOURCES, INC., two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APA and EOG diverge most: on revenue growth, APA reads -17.4% and EOG reads +3.0%; on debt / equity, APA reads 0.02 and EOG reads 0.26. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What APA's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). What EOG's price implies is a bet that sits within the historical range (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | APA | EOG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $37.34 | $148.65 |
| Market cap | $13.2B | $79.5B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | -4.4% |
| P/E | 8.7 | 14.6 |
| P/B | 1.79 | 2.57 |
| P/S | 1.43 | 3.33 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.4 | 7.1 |
| Revenue growth | -17.4% | +3.0% |
| Operating margin | 43.2% | 37.5% |
| Net margin | 15.8% | 23.0% |
| Return on equity | 19.8% | 17.8% |
| Return on assets | 8.1% | 10.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 34.4% | 14.2% |
| FCF yield | 30.3% | 13.5% |
| Dividend yield | 2.7% | 2.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.02 | 0.26 |
| Current ratio | 0.92 | 1.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.67 | 7.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 8 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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