Financial Contrast: Amplify Energy (AMPY) vs. Its Competitors

Amplify Energy (NYSE:AMPY) is one of 1,051 publicly-traded companies in the “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” industry, but how does it compare to its competitors? We will compare Amplify Energy to related companies based on the strength of its dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, risk, profitability, institutional ownership and valuation.

Risk & Volatility

Amplify Energy has a beta of 0.26, suggesting that its share price is 74% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Amplify Energy’s competitors have a beta of -3.75, suggesting that their average share price is 475% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

42.8% of Amplify Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 30.8% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Amplify Energy shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 15.5% of shares of all “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Profitability

This table compares Amplify Energy and its competitors’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Amplify Energy	10.62%	-3.01%	-2.07%
Amplify Energy Competitors	-455.90%	20.13%	6.34%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of recent ratings and recommmendations for Amplify Energy and its competitors, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Amplify Energy	1	0	1	0	2.00
Amplify Energy Competitors	5982	26999	40864	2423	2.52

Amplify Energy presently has a consensus price target of $9.00, suggesting a potential upside of 180.81%. As a group, “Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels” companies have a potential upside of 28.59%. Given Amplify Energy’s higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Amplify Energy is more favorable than its competitors.

Earnings and Valuation

This table compares Amplify Energy and its competitors top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Net Income	Price/Earnings Ratio
Amplify Energy	$263.36 million	$43.97 million	7.12
Amplify Energy Competitors	$273.13 billion	$5.52 billion	-0.93

Amplify Energy’s competitors have higher revenue and earnings than Amplify Energy. Amplify Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its competitors, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Summary

Amplify Energy competitors beat Amplify Energy on 8 of the 13 factors compared.

Amplify Energy Company Profile

Amplify Energy Corp., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the acquisition, development, exploitation, and production of oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company’s properties consist of operated and non-operated working interests in producing and undeveloped leasehold acreage, as well as working interests in identified producing wells located in Oklahoma, the Rockies, federal waters offshore Southern California, East Texas/North Louisiana, and Eagle Ford. The company is based in Houston, Texas.