XPRO vs. OII, HLX, RES, PFHC, ACDC, PUMP, NESR, CLB, LBRT, and KGS
Should you be buying Expro Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Expro Group include Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), ProFrac (PFHC), ProFrac (ACDC), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Core Laboratories (CLB), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Kodiak Gas Services (KGS). These companies are all part of the "oils/energy" sector.
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) and Expro Group (NYSE:XPRO) are both mid-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, community ranking, dividends, media sentiment, risk, valuation and institutional ownership.
Oceaneering International received 495 more outperform votes than Expro Group when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 57.32% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote while only 26.09% of users gave Expro Group an outperform vote.
Oceaneering International has higher revenue and earnings than Expro Group. Expro Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Oceaneering International, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.44, suggesting that its share price is 144% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Expro Group has a beta of 0.93, suggesting that its share price is 7% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Oceaneering International presently has a consensus price target of $28.67, suggesting a potential upside of 20.91%. Expro Group has a consensus price target of $27.75, suggesting a potential upside of 27.41%. Given Oceaneering International's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Expro Group is more favorable than Oceaneering International.
Oceaneering International has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of -1.26%. Expro Group's return on equity of 14.82% beat Oceaneering International's return on equity.
In the previous week, Expro Group had 2 more articles in the media than Oceaneering International. MarketBeat recorded 11 mentions for Expro Group and 9 mentions for Oceaneering International. Oceaneering International's average media sentiment score of 0.53 beat Expro Group's score of 0.13 indicating that Expro Group is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 92.1% of Expro Group shares are held by institutional investors. 2.3% of Oceaneering International shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.5% of Expro Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Summary
Oceaneering International beats Expro Group on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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