XPRO vs. OII, HLX, RES, PFHC, ACDC, PUMP, NESR, CLB, LBRT, and KGS
Should you be buying Expro Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expro Group include Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), ProFrac (PFHC), ProFrac (ACDC), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Kodiak Gas Services (KGS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Expro Group (NYSE:XPRO) and Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, dividends, earnings, institutional ownership, risk, community ranking, profitability, valuation and analyst recommendations.
Expro Group has a beta of 0.93, meaning that its stock price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.44, meaning that its stock price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Oceaneering International had 5 more articles in the media than Expro Group. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Oceaneering International and 3 mentions for Expro Group. Expro Group's average media sentiment score of 1.00 beat Oceaneering International's score of 0.21 indicating that Expro Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oceaneering International has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Expro Group's net margin of -1.26%. Oceaneering International's return on equity of 14.82% beat Expro Group's return on equity.
92.1% of Expro Group shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.7% of Expro Group shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Oceaneering International shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Oceaneering International has higher revenue and earnings than Expro Group. Expro Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Expro Group presently has a consensus price target of $27.75, indicating a potential upside of 32.21%. Oceaneering International has a consensus price target of $28.67, indicating a potential upside of 22.06%. Given Expro Group's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, research analysts clearly believe Expro Group is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
Oceaneering International received 495 more outperform votes than Expro Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.32% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote while only 26.09% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.
Summary
Oceaneering International beats Expro Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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