NGS vs. CCLP, RNGR, TUSK, KLXE, NINE, CLB, NESR, PUMP, PFHC, and SMLP
Should you be buying Natural Gas Services Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Natural Gas Services Group include CSI Compressco (CCLP), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), KLX Energy Services (KLXE), Nine Energy Service (NINE), Core Laboratories (CLB), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), ProPetro (PUMP), ProFrac (PFHC), and Summit Midstream Partners (SMLP). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
CSI Compressco (NASDAQ:CCLP) and Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, dividends, media sentiment, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, valuation, community ranking and risk.
Natural Gas Services Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than CSI Compressco. CSI Compressco is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Natural Gas Services Group had 1 more articles in the media than CSI Compressco. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for Natural Gas Services Group and 1 mentions for CSI Compressco. Natural Gas Services Group's average media sentiment score of 0.00 beat CSI Compressco's score of -0.15 indicating that CSI Compressco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 3.92% compared to Natural Gas Services Group's net margin of -2.46%. CSI Compressco's return on equity of 2.37% beat Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity.
Natural Gas Services Group received 47 more outperform votes than CSI Compressco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.41% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote while only 57.29% of users gave CSI Compressco an outperform vote.
68.9% of CSI Compressco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 6.2% of CSI Compressco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
CSI Compressco has a beta of 0.75, suggesting that its stock price is 25% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its stock price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Natural Gas Services Group has a consensus target price of $26.00, indicating a potential upside of 15.86%. Given CSI Compressco's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Natural Gas Services Group is more favorable than CSI Compressco.
Summary
Natural Gas Services Group beats CSI Compressco on 14 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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