PFIE vs. DTI, SDPI, FET, OIS, SOI, SOL, FTK, VOC, LGO, and MAXN
Should you be buying Profire Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Profire Energy include Drilling Tools International (DTI), Superior Drilling Products (SDPI), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Oil States International (OIS), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Emeren Group (SOL), Flotek Industries (FTK), VOC Energy Trust (VOC), Largo (LGO), and Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Profire Energy (NASDAQ:PFIE) and Drilling Tools International (NASDAQ:DTI) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, community ranking and earnings.
In the previous week, Drilling Tools International had 4 more articles in the media than Profire Energy. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Drilling Tools International and 1 mentions for Profire Energy. Profire Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.50 beat Drilling Tools International's score of 0.47 indicating that Profire Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
38.5% of Profire Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 2.8% of Drilling Tools International shares are held by institutional investors. 24.0% of Profire Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of Drilling Tools International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Profire Energy has a beta of 0.52, meaning that its stock price is 48% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Drilling Tools International has a beta of -0.43, meaning that its stock price is 143% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Profire Energy has a net margin of 18.51% compared to Drilling Tools International's net margin of 9.70%. Drilling Tools International's return on equity of 20.30% beat Profire Energy's return on equity.
Profire Energy received 305 more outperform votes than Drilling Tools International when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.40% of users gave Profire Energy an outperform vote while only 0.00% of users gave Drilling Tools International an outperform vote.
Profire Energy currently has a consensus target price of $3.50, indicating a potential upside of 93.37%. Drilling Tools International has a consensus target price of $3.00, indicating a potential downside of 49.32%. Given Profire Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Profire Energy is more favorable than Drilling Tools International.
Drilling Tools International has higher revenue and earnings than Profire Energy.
Summary
Profire Energy beats Drilling Tools International on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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