HLX vs. RES, OII, ACDC, XPRO, PFHC, PUMP, NESR, CLB, LBRT, and DKL
Should you be buying Helix Energy Solutions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helix Energy Solutions Group include RPC (RES), Oceaneering International (OII), ProFrac (ACDC), Expro Group (XPRO), ProFrac (PFHC), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Delek Logistics Partners (DKL). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) and RPC (NYSE:RES) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, media sentiment, risk, valuation, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, dividends and analyst recommendations.
Helix Energy Solutions Group received 41 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
Helix Energy Solutions Group currently has a consensus target price of $14.67, suggesting a potential upside of 35.55%. RPC has a consensus target price of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 13.29%. Given Helix Energy Solutions Group's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than RPC.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RPC has a net margin of 9.95% compared to Helix Energy Solutions Group's net margin of -2.39%. RPC's return on equity of 15.02% beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity.
91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.1% of RPC shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 60.4% of RPC shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, RPC has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, RPC had 7 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for RPC and 4 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 1.52 beat RPC's score of -0.11 indicating that Helix Energy Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Helix Energy Solutions Group and RPC tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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