GMS vs. PFC, HTG, AT, GTE, GENL, GKP, CNE, JSE, KIST, and I3E
Should you be buying Gulf Marine Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Gulf Marine Services include Petrofac (PFC), Hunting (HTG), Ashtead Technology (AT), Gran Tierra Energy (GTE), Genel Energy (GENL), Gulf Keystone Petroleum (GKP), Capricorn Energy (CNE), Jadestone Energy (JSE), Kistos (KIST), and i3 Energy (I3E). These companies are all part of the "energy" sector.
Gulf Marine Services (LON:GMS) and Petrofac (LON:PFC) are both small-cap energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and earnings.
Petrofac received 452 more outperform votes than Gulf Marine Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 76.19% of users gave Gulf Marine Services an outperform vote while only 71.05% of users gave Petrofac an outperform vote.
Gulf Marine Services has a net margin of 14.58% compared to Petrofac's net margin of -20.15%. Gulf Marine Services' return on equity of 7.35% beat Petrofac's return on equity.
Gulf Marine Services has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Petrofac. Petrofac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Gulf Marine Services, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
3.2% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 53.2% of Petrofac shares are owned by institutional investors. 65.2% of Gulf Marine Services shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 16.6% of Petrofac shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Petrofac has a consensus price target of GBX 140, suggesting a potential upside of 1,233.33%. Given Petrofac's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Petrofac is more favorable than Gulf Marine Services.
In the previous week, Petrofac had 2 more articles in the media than Gulf Marine Services. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Petrofac and 0 mentions for Gulf Marine Services. Petrofac's average media sentiment score of 0.30 beat Gulf Marine Services' score of 0.00 indicating that Petrofac is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Gulf Marine Services has a beta of 1.96, meaning that its share price is 96% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Petrofac has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Gulf Marine Services pays an annual dividend of GBX 2 per share and has a dividend yield of 9.5%. Petrofac pays an annual dividend of GBX 30 per share and has a dividend yield of 285.7%. Gulf Marine Services pays out 10,000.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Petrofac pays out -3,797.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Petrofac is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Summary
Gulf Marine Services beats Petrofac on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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