APA vs CNQ vs ET Stock Comparison

Apa, Canadian Natural Resources and Energy Transfer Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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APA APA Corp
$43.48 -1.4% 1M +100.7% 1Y
Market cap
$14.60B
P/E
7.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.40B
Div. yield
2.30%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
5 wins
CNQ CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES Ltd
$48.90 +1.7% 1M +53.4% 1Y
Market cap
$101.79B
P/E
21.4x
Revenue (TTM)
$38.39B
Div. yield
6.36%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
3 wins
ET Energy Transfer LP
$19.20 -7.3% 1M +13.5% 1Y
Market cap
$66.13B
P/E
12.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$124.53B
Div. yield
7.02%
Oil and Gas Pipelines Energy
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Apa leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Apa 5, Canadian Natural Resources 3, Energy Transfer 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionAPACNQETLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $14.60B $101.79B $66.13B CNQ
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.0x 21.4x 12.6x APA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 6.6x 10.2x 10.5x APA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months -3.5% +20.7% +56.1% ET
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 23.1% 12.5% 4.2% APA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — 8.8% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 0.2x 3.8x CNQ
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 2.30% 6.36% 7.02% ET
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +100.7% +53.4% +13.5% APA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +7.8%/yr +18.1%/yr +15.6%/yr CNQ
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 45.2% 32.2% 17.9% ET
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 72/100 71/100 66/100 APA

Percentile Scorecard

APACNQET

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisAPACNQET
Valuation 83 #18 of 98 61 #39 of 98 94 #3 of 35
Growth 56 #43 of 97 83 #17 of 97 82 #7 of 34
Profitability 100 #1 of 94 75 #24 of 94 36 #22 of 34
Financial Health 52 #49 of 101 94 #7 of 101 50 #18 of 35
Shareholder Returns 69 #25 of 79 41 #47 of 79 70 #10 of 31
Overall 72 71 66
  • APA ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • CNQ ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • ET ranked among 35 companies in Oil and Gas Midstream

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodAPACNQETSPY
1 month -1.4%+1.7%-7.3% -5.9%
3 months +19.0%+7.5%-7.1% -4.6%
6 months +20.0%+9.3%-3.6% +0.2%
Year to date +77.8%+44.5%+16.4% +7.5%
1 year +100.7%+53.4%+13.5% +8.2%
3 years +10.6%+47.1%+42.1% +68.3%
3 years, per year +3.4%+13.7%+12.4% +19.0%
5 years +45.4%+129.1%+106.5% +56.5%
5 years, per year +7.8%+18.1%+15.6% +9.4%
10 years -22.6%+233.6%+39.1% +251.5%
10 years, per year -2.5%+12.8%+3.4% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureAPACNQETSPY
Volatility, 1Y 45.2%32.2%17.9% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 45.6%35.1%17.7% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.88-0.49-0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.231.660.76 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -72.7%-38.9%-25.8% -25.4%
From 52-week high -17.7%-12.6%-11.7% -5.9%
52-week high $52.82$55.93$21.74 $779.14
52-week low $21.66$30.59$16.21 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleAPACNQET
P/E now vs peer median 7.0xmedian 10.1x 21.4xmedian 10.1x 12.6xmedian 17.6x
P/S now vs peer median 1.6xmedian 1.7x 2.7xmedian 1.7x 0.5xmedian 2.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 2.9xmedian 5.1x 3.1xmedian 5.1x 7.6xmedian 10.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 6.9xmedian 8.9x 5.9xmedian 8.9x 10.9xmedian 15.0x
P/B now vs peer median 1.8xmedian 1.3x —median 1.3x 1.3xmedian 2.3x
PEG now vs peer median 0.90median 0.94 2.69median 0.94 0.98median 0.98

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsAPACNQET
Revenue $9.40B $38.39B $124.53B
Gross profit $8.57B $31.29B $26.50B
Operating income $4.00B $29.36B $11.41B
Net income $2.50B $10.18B $7.56B
Free cash flow $2.11B $17.20B $6.08B
R&D $171.00M – –
EPS (diluted) $6.20 $2.28 $1.51
Cash & equivalents $75.00M $3.18B $926.00M
Total debt $3.30B $11.72B $68.85B
Shares (diluted) 350.00M 2.10B 3.47B
Enterprise value $14.20B $95.69B $62.23B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricAPACNQET
P/E 7.0x 21.4x 12.6x
P/FCF 6.9x 5.9x 10.9x
P/Operating cash flow 3.3x 6.8x 4.9x
P/S 1.6x 2.7x 0.5x
P/B 1.8x – 1.3x
P/Tangible book 1.8x – 1.6x
EV/EBITDA 2.9x 3.1x 7.6x
EV/EBIT 4.5x 3.8x 11.7x
EV/Revenue 1.9x 2.9x 1.1x
EV/FCF 8.5x 6.4x 22.0x
EV/Operating cash flow 4.0x 7.3x 9.9x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.90 2.69 0.98

Growth

14 metrics
MetricAPACNQET
Revenue growth (1Y) -3.5% 20.7% 56.1%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 2.7% 7.8% 16.6%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 7.4% 22.5% 23.1%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 6.1% 9.0% 14.3%
Operating income growth (1Y) 30.8% -12.5% 23.7%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 5.0% -6.2% 12.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 39.7% 114.9% 27.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 9.9% 24.4% 13.5%
EPS growth (1Y) 47.1% 338,570% 20.9%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 7.8% 8.0% 13.0%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -6.9% 42.5% 25.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 8.2% 18.8% 12.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 9.7% 13.0% 17.2%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.9% 10.5% -1.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricAPACNQET
Gross margin 91.2% 81.5% 21.3%
EBITDA margin 65.7% 92.2% 14.2%
Operating margin 42.6% 76.5% 9.2%
Pretax margin 40.4% 34.4% 6.6%
Net margin 23.1% 12.5% 4.2%
FCF margin 22.4% 44.8% 4.9%
Operating cash flow margin 47.3% 39.2% 10.9%
Return on equity 31.1% – 15.1%
Return on assets 13.9% – 5.1%
Return on invested capital – – 8.8%
Return on capital employed 26.3% – 8.9%
Asset turnover 0.5x – 0.8x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.8x 1.5x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.8% 0.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricAPACNQET
Debt / assets 18.4% – 46.1%
Debt / equity 0.4x – 1.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 0.5x 0.2x 3.8x
Debt / FCF 1.6x 0.7x 11.3x
Liabilities / assets 54.6% – 66.8%
Equity / assets 45.4% – 33.2%
Interest coverage 19.3x 39.9x 3.1x
Current ratio 0.8x – 1.2x
Quick ratio 0.6x – 0.9x
Cash ratio 0.0x – 0.0x
Altman Z-score 2.21 – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricAPACNQET
Dividend yield 2.3% 6.4% 7.0%
Net buyback yield 4.2% -0.3% 2.1%
Shareholder yield 6.5% 6.1% 9.1%
Payout ratio (earnings) 14.1% 35.7% 63.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) 16.7% 21.2% 79.4%
Dividend growth (1Y) -3.3% -7.0% 2.9%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 4.1% -9.4% 6.0%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusAPACNQET
Forward P/E 6.6xFY2026 10.2xFY2026 10.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $6.59FY2026 $4.80FY2026 $1.83FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +74.8%FY2026 +85.3%FY2026 +51.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -17.0% -15.4% -10.4%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.94BFY2026 $38.27BFY2026 $127.15BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY -3.1%FY2026 +35.4%FY2026 +48.6%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -0.3% -6.6% +2.0%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersAPACNQET
Held by institutions 100.0% 71.6% 31.4%
Institutions holding 812 747 1,284
Change in shares held, QoQ +3.2% -5.0% +1.9%
Institutions buying 435 387 630
Institutions selling 244 243 342
Buyers to sellers 1.78 1.59 1.84

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

APACNQET
APA 1.00 0.77 0.50
CNQ 0.77 1.00 0.51
ET 0.50 0.51 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, APA, CNQ and ET?

Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) is the largest by market capitalisation: Apa (APA) $14.60B, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) $101.79B, Energy Transfer (ET) $66.13B.

Which stock is cheaper, APA, CNQ and ET?

Apa (APA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Apa (APA) 7.0x, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) 21.4x, Energy Transfer (ET) 12.6x). On next year's consensus earnings, Apa (APA) is cheapest (Apa (APA) 6.6x, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) 10.2x, Energy Transfer (ET) 10.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Energy Transfer (ET) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Apa (APA) -3.5%, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) +20.7%, Energy Transfer (ET) +56.1%.

Which company is more profitable?

Apa (APA) has the highest net margin (Apa (APA) 23.1%, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) 12.5%, Energy Transfer (ET) 4.2%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Apa (APA) returned the most: Apa (APA) +100.7%, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) +53.4%, Energy Transfer (ET) +13.5%. Over five years, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) compounded fastest (Apa (APA) +7.8%/yr, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) +18.1%/yr, Energy Transfer (ET) +15.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Energy Transfer (ET) has the highest dividend yield: Apa (APA) 2.30%, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) 6.36%, Energy Transfer (ET) 7.02%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Energy Transfer (ET) has been the steadiest (Apa (APA) 45.2%, Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ) 32.2%, Energy Transfer (ET) 17.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, APA, CNQ and ET?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Apa (APA) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.