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Latest annual figures from each company's filings

MetricARANTERO RESOURCES CorpOVVOvintiv Inc.APAAPA CorpVNOMViper Energy, Inc.Median of the restexcluding AR
TypeCompanyCompanyCompanyCompany
Price
$38.51▼ 0.32 (0.82%)
$69.30▼ 0.56 (0.80%)
$49.44▼ 0.19 (0.38%)
$45.35▼ 0.33 (0.72%)
Health scoreComposite of profitability, growth, debt and accounting quality.10.0/107.3/1010.0/107.3/107.3/10
Market value$11.88B$17.55B$17.45B$6.46B
Revenue$5.28B$8.66B—$1.35B
Profit$674.6M$1.24B$1.43B-$68.0M
Revenue growthChange in sales versus the prior year.22.0%-3.1%—57.6%27.2%
Gross marginShare of sales left after the direct cost of producing them.—————
Operating marginShare of sales left after running the business, before interest and tax.16.7%13.1%—-10.4%1.3%
Profit marginProfit kept from each dollar of sales.12.8%14.3%—-5.1%4.6%
Free cash flow marginCash left after capital spending, as a share of sales.17.9%17.4%——17.4%
Return on equityProfit against the owners' stake in the company.8.9%11.1%23.5%-1.5%11.1%
Return on invested capital (approx.)Operating profit after tax against equity plus debt, less cash. Cash here excludes short-term investments, so this runs low for cash-rich companies.7.7%5.5%15.8%-1.7%5.5%
P/E ratioPrice paid per dollar of annual profit.17.61x14.13x12.17x—13.15x
EV / EBITDA (approx.)Market value plus debt less cash, against operating profit before depreciation. Cash excludes short-term investments, so this runs high for cash-rich companies.8.00x6.86x3.97x—5.42x
Price to book1.57x1.57x2.86x1.45x1.57x
Debt to equityTotal liabilities compared with owners' stake.0.73x0.82x1.91x0.52x0.82x
Piotroski F-ScoreNine checks of financial strength. Higher is stronger.8/87/86/73/86.0
Bankruptcy riskAltman Z-Score zone.greygreygreygrey

How AR compares with the others

  • AR's operating margin of 16.7% is higher than the median of the other companies selected (1.3%).
  • Its revenue grew more slowly than the median of the other companies selected: 22.0% against 27.2%.
  • It trades at a higher P/E than the median of the other companies selected: 17.6x against 13.2x.
  • Its liabilities are lower relative to equity than the median of the other companies selected: 0.7x against 0.8x.

Measured against the other companies entered, from each one's latest annual filing. A difference describes the companies; it does not rank them.