Antero Resources
AR · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
$40.16
2.9%Chord Energy
CHRD · Oil & Gas Exploration & Production
$158.13
5.1%The short version
- Antero Resources is the larger business, with $5.3B of revenue in fiscal 2025 against $4.9B for Chord Energy.
- Antero Resources grew revenue faster (22.0%, against −7.1%).
- Antero Resources kept more of each dollar of sales as operating profit (16.8% operating margin, against 4.1% operating margin).
- Antero Resources turned more of its sales into free cash flow (30.8% FCF margin, against 14.2% FCF margin).
- Antero Resources earned a higher return on the capital invested in it (7.6%, against 1.1%).
- Investors pay more for each dollar of Antero Resources’s earnings: a P/E of 11.5x against 10.6x for Chord Energy.
| Latest fiscal year | AR · FY25 | CHRD · FY25 |
|---|---|---|
| Size | ||
| Market cap | $12.5B | $9.0B |
| Revenue | $5.3B | $4.9B |
| Free cash flow | $1.6B | $693M |
| Net income | $675M | $44.5M |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth | 22.0% | −7.1% |
| 5-year growth | 8.6% | 20.4% |
| Share count change | −0.3% | 9.7% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | — | — |
| Operating margin | 16.8% | 4.1% |
| Net margin | 12.8% | 0.9% |
| FCF margin | 30.8% | 14.2% |
| Return on capital | 7.6% | 1.1% |
| Return on equity | 9.3% | 0.5% |
| Balance sheet | ||
| Net debt | $1.2B | $1.3B |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.7x | 0.8x |
| Dividends and buybacks | $136M | $683M |
| Valuation & quality | ||
| P/E | 11.5x | 10.6x |
| Piotroski F-score | 8 | 4 |
FY16
AR $1.7B
CHRD $705M
FY17
AR $3.7B
CHRD $1.3B
FY18
AR $4.1B
CHRD $2.3B
FY19
AR $4.4B
CHRD $1.9B
FY20
AR $3.5B
CHRD —
FY21
AR $4.6B
CHRD $1.6B
FY22
AR $7.1B
CHRD $3.6B
FY23
AR $4.7B
CHRD $3.9B
FY24
AR $4.3B
CHRD $5.3B
FY25
AR $5.3B
CHRD $4.9B
AR
CHRD
FY16
AR −55.9%
CHRD −18.6%
FY17
AR 20.3%
CHRD 11.1%
FY18
AR 1.7%
CHRD 5.1%
FY19
AR −22.4%
CHRD −4.7%
FY20
AR −27.3%
CHRD —
FY21
AR 0.5%
CHRD 51.2%
FY22
AR 35.6%
CHRD 43.4%
FY23
AR 8.5%
CHRD 32.7%
FY24
AR 0.0%
CHRD 21.0%
FY25
AR 16.8%
CHRD 4.1%
AR
CHRD
FY16
AR $1.2B
CHRD −$198M
FY17
AR −$210M
CHRD −$139M
FY18
AR −$129M
CHRD −$153M
FY19
AR −$319M
CHRD $23.6M
FY20
AR −$139M
CHRD —
FY21
AR $944M
CHRD $701M
FY22
AR $2.1B
CHRD $1.4B
FY23
AR $978M
CHRD $914M
FY24
AR $838M
CHRD $918M
FY25
AR $1.6B
CHRD $693M
AR
CHRD
FY16
AR −6.3%
CHRD −2.1%
FY17
AR 5.7%
CHRD 2.1%
FY18
AR 0.4%
CHRD 1.5%
FY19
AR −6.3%
CHRD −1.1%
FY20
AR −7.6%
CHRD —
FY21
AR 0.2%
CHRD —
FY22
AR 25.4%
CHRD 53.5%
FY23
AR 3.9%
CHRD 20.2%
FY24
AR 0.0%
CHRD 11.4%
FY25
AR 7.6%
CHRD 1.1%
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