CLB vs. NESR, PUMP, PFHC, CCLP, NGS, ACDC, RNGR, HLX, RES, and XPRO
Should you be buying Core Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Laboratories include National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), ProPetro (PUMP), ProFrac (PFHC), CSI Compressco (CCLP), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), ProFrac (ACDC), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), and Expro Group (XPRO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, earnings, profitability, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment and risk.
15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Core Laboratories shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Core Laboratories has a consensus price target of $18.75, suggesting a potential upside of 11.61%. Given National Energy Services Reunited's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Core Laboratories is more favorable than National Energy Services Reunited.
Core Laboratories has a net margin of 8.18% compared to Core Laboratories' net margin of 0.00%. National Energy Services Reunited's return on equity of 15.71% beat Core Laboratories' return on equity.
In the previous week, Core Laboratories had 21 more articles in the media than National Energy Services Reunited. MarketBeat recorded 22 mentions for Core Laboratories and 1 mentions for National Energy Services Reunited. Core Laboratories' average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat National Energy Services Reunited's score of 0.44 indicating that National Energy Services Reunited is being referred to more favorably in the media.
National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.64, meaning that its share price is 36% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its share price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Core Laboratories received 312 more outperform votes than National Energy Services Reunited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.15% of users gave National Energy Services Reunited an outperform vote while only 55.18% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote.
Core Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Energy Services Reunited.
Summary
Core Laboratories beats National Energy Services Reunited on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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