Verdict: Side-by-side breakdown using the Bull Rankings model. AR scored 61.8, NFG scored 55.3 — 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
6.5
AR leads
NFG
National Fuel Gas Company
Oil & Gas Integrated · Quality-Growth
55.3
$78.66 · $7.5B
fundamentals as of
At a glance · who leads each dimension, on the model's own rules
CheapestAR10.3x
Fastest growthAR+18.7%
Strongest balance sheetAR0.55
Highest qualityAR66 / 100
Largest discount to fair valueAR-52%
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
NFG
66
Qualityreturns · margins · balance sheet
63
50
Growthrevenue & earnings expansion
50
72
Valuevaluation vs sector peers
54
AR is stronger on 2 of 3 pillars.
Fundamentals, head-to-head
AR
NFG
$899mC+
FCF
$222mC
+18.7%B+
Rev
+15.1%B+
0.55B
D/E
0.91C+
10.3xA-
P/E
11.0xB+
0.42A
PEG
1.55C+
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
NFG
52% below
Price vs fair valuelower is cheaper
106% above
~-10%/yr
Growth the price impliesyr-1 FCF growth, fading to 4% · lower = less priced in
~25%/yr
+97%
1-yr DCF upside
-54%
+110%
5-yr DCF upside
-51%
+132%
10-yr DCF upside
-48%
The DCF is a cross-check on intrinsic value, separate from the quality-growth score above.
Model signals
AR
Why this score
Cyclical growth
NFG
Why this score
Diluting shareholders
Cyclical growth
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.
NFGNational Fuel Gas Company
Oil & Gas Integrated · $78.66 · beta 0.41
Why now
Oil & Gas Integrated · market cap $7.5b. 19% off the 52-week high of $97.06. Revenue growing +15%, comfortably above the S&P median.
Moat
Net margin 27% sits well above the S&P median (~11%) — suggests structural pricing advantage or cost discipline competitors can't quickly close. ROE 17% is above 15% — the equity base is compounding at a rate the market struggles to discount accurately.
Risk
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 NFG diverge
On the headline score the gap is 6.5 points in favor of AR. The widest single difference is Value, where AR leads by 17.8 points.
ValueAR 71.9 · NFG 54.1AR +17.8
QualityAR 65.6 · NFG 62.6AR +3.0
GrowthAR 50.0 · NFG 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 NFG the better stock?
AR scores higher: AR 61.8, NFG 55.3 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 NFG differ most?
The widest gap is value, where AR leads by 18 points on the 0–100 pillar scale. AR also leads quality, while growth is effectively level between them.
How are AR and NFG 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.