COMPARE · Data as of August 27, 2026
AR vs FANG
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AR scored 63.8, FANG scored 36.8 — AR leads.
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AR
Antero Resources Corporation
63.8
$38.52 · $11.8B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
27.0
AR leads
FANG
Diamondback Energy, Inc.
36.8
$200.52 · $56.1B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestAR11.0x
- Fastest growthAR+25.8%
- Strongest balance sheetFANG0.29
- Highest qualityAR66 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueAR-6%
Side by side · every name on one set of axes
Growth against the P/E multiple. Up and to the right is cheaper and faster — the quality-growth idea in one picture. Points beyond the axis are pinned to the edge and marked off-scale rather than allowed to compress everything else.
The model, pillar by pillar (0–100 each)
AR
stronger →← stronger
FANG
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
60
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
78
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
17
AR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AR
FANG
$899mC+
FCF
$3.7bB
+25.8%A-
Rev
+21.4%A-
0.55B
D/E
0.29A-
11.0xB+
P/E
38.1xC
0.50A
PEG
20.62D
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
FANG
6% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
25% above
~0%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~4%/yr
+9%
1-yr DCF upside
-11%
+6%
5-yr DCF upside
-20%
+1%
10-yr DCF upside
-31%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AR
Why this score
- Cyclical growth
FANG
Why this score
- Buying back stock
- Raising its dividend
- Cyclical growth
The companies
ARAntero Resources Corporation
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $11.8b. 16% off the 52-week high of $45.75. Revenue growing +26% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.50 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 20 sell-side analysts rate this a Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $49.40 (implying +28% upside).
Moat
Net margin 18% 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.
FANGDiamondback Energy, Inc.
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $56.1b. 8% off the 52-week high of $216.90. Revenue growing +21%, comfortably above the S&P median. 28 sell-side analysts rate this a Strong Buy with a mean 1-yr target of $232.54 (implying +16% upside).
Moat
Free cash flow runs well ahead of reported net income — non-cash charges (depreciation, intangible amortization) are holding down GAAP earnings while cash generation stays strong. $56.1b market cap gives the company enough scale to absorb fixed costs that subscale competitors can't, without yet being so large that growth has to come from acquisition.
Risk
Trailing P/E 38x sits well above the S&P median (~20x) — multiple compression is a real risk if revenue growth decelerates. ROE 4% is below the long-run sustainable threshold of ~10% — capital efficiency would need to improve for the equity base to compound at the market rate. Production-cost sensitivity — top-quartile cost producers generate cash through the cycle while marginal producers burn it; watch the cost-per-unit trend, not just headline revenue.
Verdict — model-derived comparison
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Where AR and FANG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 27.0 points in favor of AR. The widest single difference is Value, where AR leads by 61.6 points.
- ValueAR 78.3 · FANG 16.7AR +61.6
- QualityAR 66.2 · FANG 59.9AR +6.3
- GrowthAR 50.0 · FANG 50.0level
Pillars run 0–100 against sector peers, so a 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.