NBR vs. BORR, PDS, HPK, NGL, SBOW, NPWR, OPAL, CLB, EFXT, and VTS
Should you be buying Nabors Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Nabors Industries include Borr Drilling (BORR), Precision Drilling (PDS), HighPeak Energy (HPK), NGL Energy Partners (NGL), SilverBow Resources (SBOW), NET Power (NPWR), OPAL Fuels (OPAL), Core Laboratories (CLB), Enerflex (EFXT), and Vitesse Energy (VTS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Nabors Industries (NYSE:NBR) and Borr Drilling (NYSE:BORR) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, earnings, media sentiment, community ranking and analyst recommendations.
In the previous week, Nabors Industries had 19 more articles in the media than Borr Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 19 mentions for Nabors Industries and 0 mentions for Borr Drilling. Borr Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat Nabors Industries' score of -0.26 indicating that Borr Drilling is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Nabors Industries currently has a consensus price target of $127.80, indicating a potential upside of 65.54%. Borr Drilling has a consensus price target of $9.00, indicating a potential upside of 63.34%. Given Nabors Industries' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Nabors Industries is more favorable than Borr Drilling.
Borr Drilling has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Nabors Industries. Nabors Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Borr Drilling, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Nabors Industries received 789 more outperform votes than Borr Drilling when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.67% of users gave Borr Drilling an outperform vote while only 61.72% of users gave Nabors Industries an outperform vote.
Nabors Industries has a beta of 2.33, indicating that its stock price is 133% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Borr Drilling has a beta of 3.02, indicating that its stock price is 202% more volatile than the S&P 500.
81.9% of Nabors Industries shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.1% of Borr Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 7.1% of Nabors Industries shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 7.9% of Borr Drilling shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Borr Drilling has a net margin of 2.86% compared to Nabors Industries' net margin of -3.45%. Borr Drilling's return on equity of 2.38% beat Nabors Industries' return on equity.
Summary
Borr Drilling beats Nabors Industries on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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