CLB vs. NESR, PUMP, PFHC, ACDC, NGS, RNGR, RES, HLX, XPRO, and OII
Should you be buying Core Laboratories stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Core Laboratories include National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), ProPetro (PUMP), ProFrac (PFHC), ProFrac (ACDC), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), RPC (RES), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), Expro Group (XPRO), and Oceaneering International (OII). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
National Energy Services Reunited (NASDAQ:NESR) and Core Laboratories (NYSE:CLB) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, profitability and institutional ownership.
Core Laboratories has lower revenue, but higher earnings than National Energy Services Reunited.
In the previous week, Core Laboratories had 3 more articles in the media than National Energy Services Reunited. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Core Laboratories and 0 mentions for National Energy Services Reunited. National Energy Services Reunited's average media sentiment score of 0.49 beat Core Laboratories' score of 0.00 indicating that Core Laboratories is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
15.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.8% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by institutional investors. 11.6% of National Energy Services Reunited shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.8% of Core Laboratories shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
National Energy Services Reunited has a beta of 0.56, meaning that its stock price is 44% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Core Laboratories has a beta of 2.4, meaning that its stock price is 140% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Core Laboratories received 312 more outperform votes than National Energy Services Reunited when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.15% of users gave National Energy Services Reunited an outperform vote while only 55.18% of users gave Core Laboratories an outperform vote.
Core Laboratories has a consensus price target of $18.75, indicating a potential upside of 3.94%. Given National Energy Services Reunited's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Core Laboratories is more favorable than National Energy Services Reunited.
Core Laboratories has a net margin of 8.18% compared to Core Laboratories' net margin of 0.00%. National Energy Services Reunited's return on equity of 15.71% beat Core Laboratories' return on equity.
Summary
Core Laboratories beats National Energy Services Reunited on 11 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.
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