HLX vs. RES, OII, XPRO, ACDC, PUMP, NESR, CLB, PFHC, LBRT, and NEXT
Should you be buying Helix Energy Solutions Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Helix Energy Solutions Group include RPC (RES), Oceaneering International (OII), Expro Group (XPRO), ProFrac (ACDC), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), ProFrac (PFHC), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and NextDecade (NEXT). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
RPC (NYSE:RES) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, media sentiment, profitability, community ranking, valuation, risk and institutional ownership.
RPC has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, indicating that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Helix Energy Solutions Group received 41 more outperform votes than RPC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote while only 54.84% of users gave RPC an outperform vote.
RPC has a net margin of 9.95% compared to RPC's net margin of -2.39%. Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity of 15.02% beat RPC's return on equity.
In the previous week, Helix Energy Solutions Group had 4 more articles in the media than RPC. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group and 1 mentions for RPC. Helix Energy Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 1.87 beat RPC's score of 1.43 indicating that RPC is being referred to more favorably in the media.
RPC presently has a consensus price target of $7.50, suggesting a potential upside of 7.45%. Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus price target of $14.67, suggesting a potential upside of 25.57%. Given RPC's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Helix Energy Solutions Group is more favorable than RPC.
RPC has higher revenue and earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than RPC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
41.1% of RPC shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 60.4% of RPC shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
RPC and Helix Energy Solutions Group tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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