Financial Contrast: Amplify Energy (AMPY) and The Competition

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 rivals? We will compare Amplify Energy to similar companies based on the strength of its valuation, profitability, risk, earnings, dividends, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations.

Risk and Volatility

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

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent ratings and target prices for Amplify Energy and its rivals, 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 target price of $9.00, indicating 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, equities analysts plainly believe Amplify Energy is more favorable than its rivals.

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

Valuation and Earnings

This table compares Amplify Energy and its rivals revenue, earnings per share (EPS) 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 rivals have higher revenue and earnings than Amplify Energy. Amplify Energy is trading at a higher price-to-earnings ratio than its rivals, indicating that it is currently more expensive than other companies in its industry.

Profitability

This table compares Amplify Energy and its rivals’ 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%

Summary

Amplify Energy rivals 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.