COMPARE · Data as of August 21, 2026
AR vs MUR
Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AR scored 63.9, MUR scored 54.1 — AR leads.
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AR
Antero Resources Corporation
63.9
$37.94 · $11.7B
fundamentals as of
Score gap
9.8
AR leads
MUR
Murphy Oil Corporation
54.1
$37.41 · $5.4B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
- CheapestAR10.9x
- Fastest growthAR+25.8%
- Strongest balance sheetMUR0.42
- Highest qualityAR66 / 100
- Largest discount to fair valueAR-7%
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
MUR
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
58
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
79
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
55
AR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AR
MUR
$899mC+
FCF
$222mC
+25.8%A-
Rev
+7.7%B
0.55B
D/E
0.42B+
10.9xB+
P/E
18.5xB
0.49A
PEG
0.33A
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
MUR
7% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
1% above
~0%/yr
Growth the price implies10-yr FCF · lower = less priced in
~3%/yr
+11%
1-yr DCF upside
-1%
+7%
5-yr DCF upside
-1%
+3%
10-yr DCF upside
-2%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AR
Why this score
- Cyclical growth
MUR
Why this score
- Raising its dividend
- Cyclical growth
The companies
ARAntero Resources Corporation
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $11.7b. 17% off the 52-week high of $45.75. Revenue growing +26% — in hypergrowth territory. PEG 0.49 — 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 +30% 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.
MURMurphy Oil Corporation
Why now
Oil & Gas E&P · market cap $5.4b. 14% off the 52-week high of $43.34. PEG 0.33 — paying under fair value for the growth rate. 14 sell-side analysts rate this a Hold with a mean 1-yr target of $39.93 (implying +7% upside).
Moat
Moat signals from the quantitative card are modest — profitability and capital efficiency are middle-of-pack. The thesis here depends on softer factors (switching costs, brand, distribution, regulatory protection) not captured by the quality-growth screen.
Risk
ROE 6% 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 MUR diverge
On the headline score the gap is 9.8 points in favor of AR. The widest single difference is Value, where AR leads by 24.0 points.
- ValueAR 78.6 · MUR 54.6AR +24.0
- QualityAR 66.3 · MUR 58.1AR +8.2
- GrowthAR 50.0 · MUR 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.