FTK vs. LGO, MAXN, PFIE, SOL, KLXE, GIFI, MVO, SND, ORGN, and EPSN
Should you be buying Flotek Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flotek Industries include Largo (LGO), Maxeon Solar Technologies (MAXN), Profire Energy (PFIE), Emeren Group (SOL), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), MV Oil Trust (MVO), Smart Sand (SND), Origin Materials (ORGN), and Epsilon Energy (EPSN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Flotek Industries (NYSE:FTK) and Largo (NYSE:LGO) 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 community ranking, risk, analyst recommendations, media sentiment, earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, dividends and profitability.
Flotek Industries has a net margin of 13.14% compared to Largo's net margin of -16.29%. Flotek Industries' return on equity of -0.65% beat Largo's return on equity.
10.9% of Flotek Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 64.1% of Largo shares are held by institutional investors. 7.2% of Flotek Industries shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.3% of Largo shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Flotek Industries has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Largo has a beta of 1.68, suggesting that its stock price is 68% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Flotek Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Largo. Flotek Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Largo, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Flotek Industries presently has a consensus target price of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 101.15%. Largo has a consensus target price of $4.70, indicating a potential upside of 181.44%. Given Largo's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Largo is more favorable than Flotek Industries.
Flotek Industries received 259 more outperform votes than Largo when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.70% of users gave Flotek Industries an outperform vote while only 48.84% of users gave Largo an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Largo had 4 more articles in the media than Flotek Industries. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Largo and 6 mentions for Flotek Industries. Largo's average media sentiment score of 0.43 beat Flotek Industries' score of 0.20 indicating that Largo is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Flotek Industries beats Largo on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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