ANTERO RESOURCES Corp vs EXPAND ENERGY Corp, two Oil & Gas stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where AR and EXE diverge most: on revenue growth, AR reads +21.9% and EXE reads +125.4%; on current ratio, AR reads 0.40 and EXE reads 0.96. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What EXE'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 | EXE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $35.90 | $88.19 |
| Market cap | $11.2B | $21.0B |
| Sector | Oil & Gas | Oil & Gas |
| Stage | Cyclical | Cyclical |
| Implied growth (priced in) | -3.1% | — |
| P/E | 10.3 | 7.6 |
| P/B | 1.34 | 1.08 |
| P/S | 1.84 | 1.55 |
| EV/EBITDA | 5.9 | 3.6 |
| Revenue growth | +21.9% | +125.4% |
| Operating margin | 24.1% | 22.3% |
| Net margin | 18.5% | 20.5% |
| Return on equity | 13.5% | 14.3% |
| Return on assets | 7.4% | 9.9% |
| Return on invested capital | 10.8% | 12.3% |
| FCF yield | 8.4% | 12.7% |
| Debt / equity | 0.31 | 0.19 |
| Current ratio | 0.40 | 0.96 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 1.59 | 2.30 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 7 / 9 |
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