OIS vs. FET, NR, DRQ, SOI, DTI, PFIE, WTI, CCLP, SPWR, and IREN
Should you be buying Oil States International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil States International include Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure (SOI), Drilling Tools International (DTI), Profire Energy (PFIE), W&T Offshore (WTI), CSI Compressco (CCLP), SunPower (SPWR), and Iris Energy (IREN). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Forum Energy Technologies (NYSE:FET) and Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, valuation, dividends, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, profitability and institutional ownership.
Oil States International has a consensus price target of $7.25, suggesting a potential upside of 75.12%. Given Forum Energy Technologies' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oil States International is more favorable than Forum Energy Technologies.
Oil States International has a net margin of -0.35% compared to Oil States International's net margin of -2.56%. Forum Energy Technologies' return on equity of 1.62% beat Oil States International's return on equity.
Forum Energy Technologies has a beta of 2.6, indicating that its stock price is 160% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil States International has a beta of 2.56, indicating that its stock price is 156% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oil States International received 29 more outperform votes than Forum Energy Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 58.19% of users gave Oil States International an outperform vote while only 53.46% of users gave Forum Energy Technologies an outperform vote.
65.6% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Oil States International shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of Forum Energy Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Oil States International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Oil States International has higher revenue and earnings than Forum Energy Technologies. Oil States International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Forum Energy Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Oil States International had 10 more articles in the media than Forum Energy Technologies. MarketBeat recorded 12 mentions for Oil States International and 2 mentions for Forum Energy Technologies. Oil States International's average media sentiment score of 0.02 beat Forum Energy Technologies' score of -0.34 indicating that Forum Energy Technologies is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Oil States International beats Forum Energy Technologies on 13 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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