Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AR scored 61.8, BKV scored 53.2 — AR leads.
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AR
Antero Resources Corporation
Oil & Gas E&P · Quality-Growth
61.8
$35.90 · $11.0B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
8.6
AR leads
BKV
BKV Corporation
Oil & Gas E&P · Quality-Growth
53.2
$24.24 · $2.7B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
Fastest growthBKV+41.6%
Strongest balance sheetBKV0.53
Highest qualityAR66 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueAR-52%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AR
stronger →← stronger
BKV
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
47
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
72
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
64
AR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AR
BKV
$899mC+
FCF
-$18mF
+18.7%B+
Rev
+41.6%A
0.55B
D/E
0.53B
10.3xA-
P/E
—
0.42A
PEG
0.57A-
—
P/S
2.5xB
Winner per row is the stronger grade; where grades tie, the better figure breaks it. A true tie or a missing value shows no highlight.
Valuation · DCF cross-check
AR
BKV
52% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
—
~-10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
—
+97%
1-yr DCF upside
—
+110%
5-yr DCF upside
—
+132%
10-yr DCF upside
—
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AR
Why this score
Cyclical growth
BKV
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Cyclical growth
Short track record
The companies
ARAntero Resources Corporation
Oil & Gas E&P · $35.90 · beta 0.54
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $11.0b. Down 22% from 52-week high of $45.75 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +19%, comfortably above the S&P median. PEG 0.42 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 21 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $49.14 (implying +37% upside).
Moat
Net margin 19% beats the market median by a meaningful margin — the company is keeping more of every revenue dollar than the average S&P constituent. ROE 14% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Jurisdictional + permitting risk — mining and extraction operations concentrate exposure to political stability, royalty regimes, and environmental review timelines that can stall production for years.
BKVBKV Corporation
Oil & Gas E&P · $24.24 · beta 1.12
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $2.7b. Down 26% from 52-week high of $32.81 — deep drawdown territory. Revenue growing +42% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.57 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 11 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $34.09 (implying +41% upside).
Moat
Net margin 25% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 12% meets the long-run market sustainable threshold — solid but not differentiated; the durability comes from elsewhere.
Risk
Free cash flow is negative (-$18m) — capital raises or debt issuance likely required; dilution / leverage risk. Hedge-book exposure — many commodity producers hedge forward production; if the hedge book is concentrated at prices well below spot, the upside the market expects is already locked away.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where AR and BKV diverge
On the headline score the gap is 8.6 points in favor of AR. The widest single difference is Quality, where AR leads by 18.4 points.
QualityAR 65.6 · BKV 47.2AR +18.4
ValueAR 71.9 · BKV 64.0AR +7.9
GrowthAR 50.0 · BKV 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100. Value is judged against each company's own sector, so a Value score is a statement about a company relative to its own industry rather than to the other name here. A wide Value gap usually means the market already prices the difference in quality or growth — which is the trade-off this comparison comes down to.
Common questions
Is AR or BKV the better stock?
AR scores higher: AR 61.8, BKV 53.2 out of 100 on the Bull Rankings quality-growth score, which blends business quality, growth and valuation into one number. A higher score means a stronger business at a more reasonable price — it is not a price target or a recommendation.
Where do AR and BKV differ most?
The widest gap is quality, where AR leads by 18 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. AR also leads value, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are AR and BKV scored?
Each carries the same 0–100 quality-growth score used everywhere on the site, built from three pillars — quality (profitability and returns on capital), growth (revenue and earnings), and value (what you pay for them) — combined as a geometric mean, so a weak pillar cannot be papered over by a strong one.
How current is this comparison?
The whole universe is re-scored every trading day after the US market close, so the scores and fundamentals here reflect the latest published edition.