GEOS vs. FET, NGS, FTK, PHX, MMLP, SMLP, MTR, BROGW, CHKEZ, and CHKEW
Should you be buying Geospace Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Geospace Technologies include Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Flotek Industries (FTK), PHX Minerals (PHX), Martin Midstream Partners (MMLP), Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP), Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR), Brooge Energy (BROGW), Chesapeake Energy (CHKEZ), and Chesapeake Energy (CHKEW).
Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) and Geospace Technologies (NASDAQ:GEOS) 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 analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, earnings and community ranking.
Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 2.6, suggesting that its share price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Geospace Technologies has a beta of 0.78, suggesting that its share price is 22% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Geospace Technologies has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Forum Energy Technologies. Forum Energy Technologies is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Geospace Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
65.6% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 57.2% of Geospace Technologies shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Geospace Technologies shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Geospace Technologies has a net margin of 17.42% compared to Geospace Technologies' net margin of -2.56%. Forum Energy Technologies' return on equity of 18.73% beat Geospace Technologies' return on equity.
In the previous week, Geospace Technologies had 2 more articles in the media than Forum Energy Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Geospace Technologies and 2 mentions for Forum Energy Technologies. Forum Energy Technologies' average media sentiment score of 0.40 beat Geospace Technologies' score of 0.02 indicating that Geospace Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Forum Energy Technologies received 192 more outperform votes than Geospace Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 56.05% of users gave Geospace Technologies an outperform vote while only 53.46% of users gave Forum Energy Technologies an outperform vote.
Summary
Geospace Technologies beats Forum Energy Technologies on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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