Dawson Geophysical (DWSN) Competitors

FTC Solar (NASDAQ:FTCI) and Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, institutional ownership, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, valuation, dividends and media sentiment.

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of FTCI or DWSN?

45.4% of FTC Solar shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 7.9% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by institutional investors. 29.7% of FTC Solar shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.2% of Dawson Geophysical shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Which has stronger earnings and valuation, FTCI or DWSN?

Dawson Geophysical has lower revenue, but higher earnings than FTC Solar. Dawson Geophysical is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than FTC Solar, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
FTC Solar	$127.00M	0.42	-$50.29M	-$0.43	-1.00
Dawson Geophysical	$96.85M	0.52	-$12.15M	-$0.47	-3.49

Does the media prefer FTCI or DWSN?

In the previous week, Dawson Geophysical had 1 more articles in the media than FTC Solar. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Dawson Geophysical and 1 mentions for FTC Solar. FTC Solar's average media sentiment score of 0.80 beat Dawson Geophysical's score of -1.00 indicating that Dawson Geophysical is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
FTC Solar	Negative
Dawson Geophysical	Positive

Which has more risk and volatility, FTCI or DWSN?

FTC Solar has a beta of 1.62, indicating that its stock price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Dawson Geophysical has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do analysts rate FTCI or DWSN?

FTC Solar presently has a consensus target price of $1.49, suggesting a potential upside of 247.79%. Given Dawson Geophysical's higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe FTC Solar is more favorable than Dawson Geophysical.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
FTC Solar	0 Sell rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.43
Dawson Geophysical	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	N/A

Does the MarketBeat Community prefer FTCI or DWSN?

Dawson Geophysical received 163 more outperform votes than FTC Solar when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.84% of users gave Dawson Geophysical an outperform vote while only 43.10% of users gave FTC Solar an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
FTC Solar	Outperform Votes 25 43.10%	Underperform Votes 33 56.90%
Dawson Geophysical	Outperform Votes 188 60.84%	Underperform Votes 121 39.16%

Is FTCI or DWSN more profitable?

Dawson Geophysical has a net margin of -12.54% compared to Dawson Geophysical's net margin of -39.60%. FTC Solar's return on equity of -38.29% beat Dawson Geophysical's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
FTC Solar	-39.60%	-59.79%	-31.71%
Dawson Geophysical	-12.54%	-38.29%	-20.49%

Summary

FTC Solar and Dawson Geophysical tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.