ANTERO RESOURCES 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 AR and EOG diverge most: on revenue growth, AR reads +21.9% and EOG reads +3.0%; on altman z (solvency), AR reads 1.60 and EOG reads 7.51. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. On valuation, today's AR price has a different growth bar priced in than EOG (-1.7% implied for AR vs -4.4% for EOG); the higher figure is the steeper assumption to clear, not a better or worse stock. What AR'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 | AR | EOG |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $36.15 | $148.65 |
| Market cap | $11.2B | $79.5B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -1.7% | -4.4% |
| P/E | 10.4 | 14.6 |
| P/B | 1.35 | 2.57 |
| P/S | 1.85 | 3.33 |
| EV/EBITDA | 6.0 | 7.1 |
| Revenue growth | +21.9% | +3.0% |
| Operating margin | 24.1% | 37.5% |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 23.0% |
| Return on equity | 13.5% | 17.8% |
| Return on assets | 7.4% | 10.3% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 14.2% |
| FCF yield | 17.6% | 13.5% |
| Dividend yield | — | 2.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.26 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 1.72 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.60 | 7.51 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 8 / 9 |
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