ACDC vs. RES, PFHC, PUMP, HLX, NESR, CLB, XPRO, OII, LBRT, and JKS
Should you be buying ProFrac stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of ProFrac include RPC (RES), ProFrac (PFHC), ProPetro (PUMP), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Expro Group (XPRO), Oceaneering International (OII), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and JinkoSolar (JKS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
RPC (NYSE:RES) and ProFrac (NASDAQ:ACDC) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, valuation, earnings, risk, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, profitability and media sentiment.
RPC received 396 more outperform votes than ProFrac when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 54.84% of users gave RPC an outperform vote while only 33.33% of users gave ProFrac an outperform vote.
RPC has higher earnings, but lower revenue than ProFrac. ProFrac is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
RPC has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its stock price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, ProFrac has a beta of 0.76, indicating that its stock price is 24% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, ProFrac had 10 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for ProFrac and 1 mentions for RPC. ProFrac's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat RPC's score of 0.66 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 12.8% of ProFrac shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of RPC shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.9% of ProFrac shares are owned 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.
RPC has a net margin of 9.95% compared to RPC's net margin of -5.35%. ProFrac's return on equity of 15.02% beat RPC's return on equity.
RPC presently has a consensus target price of $7.50, indicating a potential upside of 5.93%. ProFrac has a consensus target price of $11.88, indicating a potential upside of 28.94%. Given RPC's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe ProFrac is more favorable than RPC.
Summary
RPC beats ProFrac on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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