ICD vs. NCNC, MXC, EPOW, WAVE, SPI, ALCE, ROCG, BRN, HUSA, and USEG
Should you be buying Independence Contract Drilling stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Independence Contract Drilling include noco-noco (NCNC), Mexco Energy (MXC), Sunrise New Energy (EPOW), Eco Wave Power Global AB (publ) (WAVE), SPI Energy (SPI), Alternus Clean Energy (ALCE), Roth CH Acquisition IV (ROCG), Barnwell Industries (BRN), Houston American Energy (HUSA), and U.S. Energy (USEG). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
noco-noco (NASDAQ:NCNC) and Independence Contract Drilling (NYSE:ICD) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, media sentiment and valuation.
noco-noco has a net margin of 0.00% compared to noco-noco's net margin of -24.20%. Independence Contract Drilling's return on equity of 0.00% beat noco-noco's return on equity.
Independence Contract Drilling received 304 more outperform votes than noco-noco when rated by MarketBeat users.
noco-noco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Independence Contract Drilling.
noco-noco has a beta of 1.37, meaning that its share price is 37% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Independence Contract Drilling has a beta of 4.86, meaning that its share price is 386% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, noco-noco had 1 more articles in the media than Independence Contract Drilling. MarketBeat recorded 2 mentions for noco-noco and 1 mentions for Independence Contract Drilling. Independence Contract Drilling's average media sentiment score of 0.34 beat noco-noco's score of 0.00 indicating that noco-noco is being referred to more favorably in the media.
0.4% of noco-noco shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 29.4% of Independence Contract Drilling shares are held by institutional investors. 23.1% of noco-noco shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.8% of Independence Contract Drilling shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
noco-noco beats Independence Contract Drilling on 6 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.
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