APA CORPORATION vs PERMIAN RESOURCES CORPORATION, two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where APA and PR diverge most: on revenue growth, APA reads -12.0% and PR reads +13.7%; on debt / equity, APA reads 0.00 and PR reads 0.25. 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 PR'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 | PR |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.73 | $23.79 |
| Market cap | $15.8B | $19.9B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | — | +6.5% |
| P/E | 9.5 | 15.4 |
| P/B | 1.99 | 1.66 |
| P/S | 1.70 | 3.47 |
| EV/EBITDA | 2.6 | 11.1 |
| Revenue growth | -12.0% | +13.7% |
| Operating margin | 53.3% | 50.0% |
| Net margin | 17.2% | 21.5% |
| Return on equity | 20.2% | 10.3% |
| Return on assets | 8.9% | 6.7% |
| Return on invested capital | 38.0% | 10.7% |
| FCF yield | 28.6% | 20.0% |
| Dividend yield | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.25 |
| Current ratio | 0.95 | 0.62 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 6.77 | 2.43 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 7 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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