FANG vs MUR vs APA Stock Comparison

Diamondback Energy, Murphy Oil and Apa Prices as of Nov 5, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FANG Diamondback Energy, Inc.
$179.58 -2.9% 1M +30.8% 1Y
Market cap
$50.82B
P/E
24.8x
Revenue (TTM)
$18.61B
Div. yield
–
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
4 wins
MUR Murphy Oil Corp
$36.30 -4.0% 1M +36.6% 1Y
Market cap
$5.26B
P/E
11.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$3.13B
Div. yield
0.04%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
2 wins
APA APA Corp
$43.48 -1.4% 1M +100.7% 1Y
Market cap
$15.73B
P/E
7.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$9.40B
Div. yield
0.02%
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Energy
6 wins

Head to Head

12 decided of 12

Apa leads on 6 of the 12 questions below (Apa 6, Diamondback Energy 4, Murphy Oil 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFANGMURAPALeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $50.82B $5.26B $15.73B FANG
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 24.8x 11.2x 7.3x APA
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 8.1x 9.1x 6.6x APA
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +21.1% +13.0% -3.5% FANG
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 11.0% 15.0% 23.1% APA
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 3.3% 8.7% — MUR
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 0.6x 0.5x APA
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.04% 0.02% MUR
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +30.8% +36.6% +100.7% APA
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +9.6%/yr +4.8%/yr +7.8%/yr FANG
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 33.2% 48.1% 45.2% FANG
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 51/100 57/100 72/100 APA

Percentile Scorecard

FANGMURAPA

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

AxisFANGMURAPA
Valuation 44 #55 of 98 79 #21 of 98 83 #18 of 98
Growth 54 #45 of 97 51 #48 of 97 56 #43 of 97
Profitability 50 #48 of 94 60 #38 of 94 100 #1 of 94
Financial Health 46 #55 of 101 60 #41 of 101 52 #49 of 101
Shareholder Returns 60 #32 of 79 36 #51 of 79 69 #25 of 79
Overall 51 57 72
  • FANG ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • MUR ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream
  • APA ranked among 103 companies in Oil and Gas Upstream

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFANGMURAPASPY
1 month -2.9%-4.0%-1.4% -5.9%
3 months -5.3%+9.8%+19.0% -4.6%
6 months -5.7%-5.1%+20.0% +0.2%
Year to date +19.5%+16.2%+77.8% +7.5%
1 year +30.8%+36.6%+100.7% +8.2%
3 years +12.1%-19.1%+10.6% +68.3%
3 years, per year +3.9%-6.8%+3.4% +19.0%
5 years +57.8%+26.1%+45.4% +56.5%
5 years, per year +9.6%+4.8%+7.8% +9.4%
10 years +95.9%+39.6%-22.6% +251.5%
10 years, per year +7.0%+3.4%-2.5% +13.4%

Risk

MeasureFANGMURAPASPY
Volatility, 1Y 33.2%48.1%45.2% 13.6%
Downside volatility, 1Y 33.0%51.5%45.6% 14.2%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y -0.50-0.88-0.88 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.930.762.23 0.60
Max drawdown, 5Y -43.5%-61.3%-72.7% -25.4%
From 52-week high -16.0%-18.2%-17.7% -5.9%
52-week high $213.69$44.35$52.82 $779.14
52-week low $137.29$26.57$21.66 $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.

MultipleFANGMURAPA
P/E now vs peer median 24.5xmedian 10.1x 11.1xmedian 10.1x 7.0xmedian 10.1x
P/S now vs peer median 2.7xmedian 1.7x 1.7xmedian 1.7x 1.6xmedian 1.7x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 8.2xmedian 5.1x 3.4xmedian 5.1x 2.9xmedian 5.1x
P/FCF now vs peer median 12.5xmedian 8.9x 25.1xmedian 8.9x 6.9xmedian 8.9x
P/B now vs peer median 1.1xmedian 1.3x 0.9xmedian 1.3x 1.8xmedian 1.3x
PEG now vs peer median -0.96median 0.94 -0.90median 0.94 0.90median 0.94

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 monthsFANGMURAPA
Revenue $18.61B $3.13B $9.40B
Gross profit – – $8.57B
Operating income $2.35B $808.76M $4.00B
Net income $2.32B $550.37M $2.50B
Free cash flow $4.03B $207.34M $2.11B
R&D – $209.53M $171.00M
EPS (diluted) $7.33 $3.20 $6.20
Cash & equivalents $558.00M $500.30M $75.00M
Total debt $13.23B $1.63B $3.30B
Shares (diluted) 279.96M 146.12M 350.00M
Enterprise value $49.53B $3.52B $14.41B

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
MetricFANGMURAPA
P/E 24.5x 11.1x 7.0x
P/FCF 12.5x 25.1x 6.9x
P/Operating cash flow 4.8x 2.9x 3.3x
P/S 2.7x 1.7x 1.6x
P/B 1.1x 0.9x 1.8x
P/Tangible book 1.1x 0.9x 1.8x
EV/EBITDA 8.2x 3.4x 2.9x
EV/EBIT 26.8x 7.8x 4.5x
EV/Revenue 3.4x 2.0x 1.9x
EV/FCF 15.6x 30.6x 8.5x
EV/Operating cash flow 6.1x 3.6x 4.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) -0.96 -0.90 0.90

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFANGMURAPA
Revenue growth (1Y) 21.1% 13.0% -3.5%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 31.3% -4.5% 2.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 7.4%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – 6.1%
Operating income growth (1Y) -57.0% 147.3% 30.8%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) -20.2% -11.4% 5.0%
Net income growth (1Y) -49.6% 204.7% 39.7%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -11.5% -12.1% 9.9%
EPS growth (1Y) -49.5% 220.6% 47.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) -25.7% -12.3% 7.8%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 18.3% 23.4% -6.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 21.8% 1.2% 8.2%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 467.9% -48.9% 9.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 64.9% -29.6% 21.9%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFANGMURAPA
Gross margin – – 91.2%
EBITDA margin 40.9% 58.7% 65.7%
Operating margin 12.6% 25.8% 42.6%
Pretax margin 14.8% 23.1% 40.4%
Net margin 11.0% 15.0% 23.1%
FCF margin 21.6% 6.6% 22.4%
Operating cash flow margin 55.7% 56.5% 47.3%
Return on equity 4.9% 10.0% 31.1%
Return on assets 3.1% 5.3% 13.9%
Return on invested capital 3.3% 8.7% –
Return on capital employed 3.6% 8.7% 26.3%
Asset turnover 0.3x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 4.5x 3.2x 1.8x
Stock comp / revenue – 1.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFANGMURAPA
Debt / assets 18.3% 15.6% 18.4%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.3x 0.4x
Net debt / EBITDA 1.7x 0.6x 0.5x
Debt / FCF 3.3x 7.9x 1.6x
Liabilities / assets 37.4% 47.0% 54.6%
Equity / assets 62.6% 53.0% 45.4%
Interest coverage – 8.0x 19.3x
Current ratio 0.5x 0.9x 0.8x
Quick ratio 0.5x 1.1x 0.6x
Cash ratio 0.1x 0.4x 0.0x
Altman Z-score 1.58 2.12 2.21

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFANGMURAPA
Dividend yield 2.4% 3.8% 2.3%
Net buyback yield 2.7% 0.0% 4.2%
Shareholder yield 5.1% 3.8% 6.5%
Payout ratio (earnings) – 35.8% 14.1%
Payout ratio (FCF) – 95.0% 16.7%
Dividend growth (1Y) – 7.3% -3.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – 5.5% 4.1%

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.

ConsensusFANGMURAPA
Forward P/E 8.1xFY2026 9.1xFY2026 6.6xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $22.08FY2026 $3.98FY2026 $6.59FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +65.1%FY2026 +190.5%FY2026 +74.8%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after -6.3% -7.3% -17.0%
Revenue, next fiscal year $18.84BFY2026 $3.42BFY2026 $8.94BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +40.1%FY2026 +25.8%FY2026 -3.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -8.0% -9.8% -0.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFANGMURAPA
Held by institutions 71.6% 88.2% 100.0%
Institutions holding 1,192 436 812
Change in shares held, QoQ +8.6% -0.6% +3.2%
Institutions buying 609 213 435
Institutions selling 396 140 244
Buyers to sellers 1.54 1.52 1.78

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.

FANGMURAPA
FANG 1.00 0.74 0.80
MUR 0.74 1.00 0.78
APA 0.80 0.78 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FANG, MUR and APA?

Diamondback Energy (FANG) is the largest by market capitalisation: Diamondback Energy (FANG) $50.82B, Murphy Oil (MUR) $5.26B, Apa (APA) $15.73B.

Which stock is cheaper, FANG, MUR and APA?

Apa (APA) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Diamondback Energy (FANG) 24.8x, Murphy Oil (MUR) 11.2x, Apa (APA) 7.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Apa (APA) is cheapest (Diamondback Energy (FANG) 8.1x, Murphy Oil (MUR) 9.1x, Apa (APA) 6.6x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Diamondback Energy (FANG) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Diamondback Energy (FANG) +21.1%, Murphy Oil (MUR) +13.0%, Apa (APA) -3.5%.

Which company is more profitable?

Apa (APA) has the highest net margin (Diamondback Energy (FANG) 11.0%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 15.0%, Apa (APA) 23.1%). On return on invested capital, Murphy Oil (MUR) leads (Diamondback Energy (FANG) 3.3%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 8.7%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Apa (APA) returned the most: Diamondback Energy (FANG) +30.8%, Murphy Oil (MUR) +36.6%, Apa (APA) +100.7%. Over five years, Diamondback Energy (FANG) compounded fastest (Diamondback Energy (FANG) +9.6%/yr, Murphy Oil (MUR) +4.8%/yr, Apa (APA) +7.8%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Murphy Oil (MUR) has the highest dividend yield: Diamondback Energy (FANG) 0.00%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 0.04%, Apa (APA) 0.02%. Diamondback Energy (FANG) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Diamondback Energy (FANG) has been the steadiest (Diamondback Energy (FANG) 33.2%, Murphy Oil (MUR) 48.1%, Apa (APA) 45.2%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FANG, MUR and APA?

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 6. 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.