LBRT vs. OII, XPRO, HLX, RES, ACDC, PFHC, NESR, PUMP, CRC, and CNX
Should you be buying Liberty Energy stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Liberty Energy include Oceaneering International (OII), Expro Group (XPRO), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), ProFrac (ACDC), ProFrac (PFHC), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), ProPetro (PUMP), California Resources (CRC), and CNX Resources (CNX). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, valuation, profitability, dividends, earnings, community ranking and media sentiment.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Oceaneering International. Liberty Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. 3.7% of Liberty Energy shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.3% of Oceaneering International shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Liberty Energy currently has a consensus price target of $24.30, indicating a potential upside of 8.63%. Oceaneering International has a consensus price target of $29.00, indicating a potential upside of 22.36%. Given Oceaneering International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oceaneering International is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
Liberty Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of 4.36%. Liberty Energy's return on equity of 26.46% beat Oceaneering International's return on equity.
Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.2%. Oceaneering International pays an annual dividend of $0.60 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.5%. Liberty Energy pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Oceaneering International pays out 56.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 8 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for Liberty Energy and 0 mentions for Oceaneering International. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 0.62 beat Oceaneering International's score of 0.00 indicating that Liberty Energy is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Oceaneering International received 163 more outperform votes than Liberty Energy when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 62.36% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote while only 57.39% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.
Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.83, suggesting that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Oceaneering International on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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