KLXE vs. NINE, NCSM, TUSK, RNGR, NGS, LGO, FTK, NEOV, SND, and BATL
Should you be buying KLX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLX Energy Services include Nine Energy Service (NINE), NCS Multistage (NCSM), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Largo (LGO), Flotek Industries (FTK), NeoVolta (NEOV), Smart Sand (SND), and Battalion Oil (BATL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Nine Energy Service (NYSE:NINE) and KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, dividends, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, profitability, risk, institutional ownership, community ranking and valuation.
57.6% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of Nine Energy Service shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 4.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Nine Energy Service had 3 more articles in the media than KLX Energy Services. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Nine Energy Service and 9 mentions for KLX Energy Services. KLX Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 0.29 beat Nine Energy Service's score of 0.06 indicating that Nine Energy Service is being referred to more favorably in the media.
KLX Energy Services has a consensus target price of $13.00, suggesting a potential upside of 127.87%. Given Nine Energy Service's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Nine Energy Service.
KLX Energy Services has a net margin of -1.51% compared to KLX Energy Services' net margin of -5.81%. KLX Energy Services' return on equity of 0.00% beat Nine Energy Service's return on equity.
Nine Energy Service has a beta of 3.42, indicating that its stock price is 242% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2.15, indicating that its stock price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Nine Energy Service. KLX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Nine Energy Service, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KLX Energy Services received 59 more outperform votes than Nine Energy Service when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.35% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 48.28% of users gave Nine Energy Service an outperform vote.
Summary
KLX Energy Services beats Nine Energy Service on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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