PUMP vs. NESR, CLB, PFHC, ACDC, RES, NGS, HLX, XPRO, OII, and LBRT
Should you be buying ProPetro stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProPetro include National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), ProFrac (PFHC), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Expro Group (XPRO), Oceaneering International (OII), and Liberty Energy (LBRT). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) and ProPetro (NYSE:PUMP) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, media sentiment, dividends, community ranking, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations and earnings.
National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its share price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProPetro has a beta of 2.09, meaning that its share price is 109% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ProPetro has higher revenue and earnings than National Energy Services Reunited.
In the previous week, ProPetro had 15 more articles in the media than National Energy Services Reunited. MarketBeat recorded 15 mentions for ProPetro and 0 mentions for National Energy Services Reunited. National Energy Services Reunited's average media sentiment score of 0.66 beat ProPetro's score of 0.00 indicating that ProPetro is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
National Energy Services Reunited received 8 more outperform votes than ProPetro when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 59.84% of users gave ProPetro an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave National Energy Services Reunited an outperform vote.
15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.7% of ProPetro shares are held by institutional investors. 11.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of ProPetro shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
ProPetro has a net margin of 4.76% compared to ProPetro's net margin of 0.00%. National Energy Services Reunited's return on equity of 7.62% beat ProPetro's return on equity.
ProPetro has a consensus price target of $13.33, suggesting a potential upside of 44.30%. Given National Energy Services Reunited's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe ProPetro is more favorable than National Energy Services Reunited.
Summary
ProPetro beats National Energy Services Reunited on 12 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.
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