TTI vs. HLX, RES, NR, DRQ, OIS, NGS, FET, GEOS, GIFI, and DWSN
Should you be buying TETRA Technologies stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of TETRA Technologies include Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), and Dawson Geophysical (DWSN). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
TETRA Technologies (NYSE:TTI) and Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, risk, profitability, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings and media sentiment.
TETRA Technologies has a net margin of 3.27% compared to Helix Energy Solutions Group's net margin of -2.39%. TETRA Technologies' return on equity of 25.42% beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity.
TETRA Technologies currently has a consensus price target of $7.00, indicating a potential upside of 87.67%. Helix Energy Solutions Group has a consensus price target of $14.67, indicating a potential upside of 28.88%. Given TETRA Technologies' higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe TETRA Technologies is more favorable than Helix Energy Solutions Group.
70.2% of TETRA Technologies shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. 5.8% of TETRA Technologies shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
TETRA Technologies has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TETRA Technologies, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, TETRA Technologies had 1 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for TETRA Technologies and 2 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group's average media sentiment score of 0.48 beat TETRA Technologies' score of 0.14 indicating that Helix Energy Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Helix Energy Solutions Group received 51 more outperform votes than TETRA Technologies when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 65.77% of users gave TETRA Technologies an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote.
TETRA Technologies has a beta of 2.21, meaning that its stock price is 121% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its stock price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
TETRA Technologies beats Helix Energy Solutions Group on 9 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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