ANTERO RESOURCES Corp vs CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES LIMITED, two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AR and CNQ diverge most: on ev/ebitda, AR reads 5.9 and CNQ reads 16.8; on revenue growth, AR reads +21.9% and CNQ reads +8.4%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AR price has a different growth bar priced in than CNQ (-3.1% implied for AR vs -1.7% for CNQ); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | AR | CNQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $35.90 | $49.65 |
| Market cap | $11.2B | $103.8B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.1% | -1.7% |
| P/E | 10.3 | 13.1 |
| P/B | 1.34 | 3.18 |
| P/S | 1.84 | 3.64 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.9 | 16.8 |
| Revenue growth | +21.9% | +8.4% |
| Operating margin | 24.1% | — |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 27.9% |
| Return on equity | 13.5% | 24.4% |
| Return on assets | 7.4% | 11.8% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | — |
| FCF yield | 8.4% | 10.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.37 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 0.95 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.59 | 2.70 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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