REX vs. BAK, PDS, PUMP, SBR, NESR, CSIQ, BORR, NRP, SXC, and CLB
Should you be buying REX American Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of REX American Resources include Braskem (BAK), Precision Drilling (PDS), ProPetro (PUMP), Sabine Royalty Trust (SBR), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Canadian Solar (CSIQ), Borr Drilling (BORR), Natural Resource Partners (NRP), SunCoke Energy (SXC), and Core Laboratories (CLB). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Braskem (NYSE:BAK) and REX American Resources (NYSE:REX) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, profitability, dividends, analyst recommendations, earnings, institutional ownership and risk.
REX American Resources has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Braskem. Braskem is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than REX American Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Braskem currently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 238.20%. REX American Resources has a consensus target price of $70.00, suggesting a potential upside of 23.67%. Given REX American Resources' higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Braskem is more favorable than REX American Resources.
88.1% of REX American Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Braskem shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 11.7% of REX American Resources shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Braskem has a beta of 2, indicating that its stock price is 100% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, REX American Resources has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, REX American Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Braskem. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for REX American Resources and 0 mentions for Braskem. Braskem's average media sentiment score of 0.44 beat REX American Resources' score of 0.00 indicating that REX American Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
REX American Resources received 107 more outperform votes than Braskem when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.20% of users gave REX American Resources an outperform vote while only 53.85% of users gave Braskem an outperform vote.
REX American Resources has a net margin of 7.31% compared to REX American Resources' net margin of -8.98%. Braskem's return on equity of 11.06% beat REX American Resources' return on equity.
Summary
REX American Resources beats Braskem on 13 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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