NOA vs. HLX, ACDC, RES, WTTR, PUMP, NESR, ARIS, CLB, NGS, and RNGR
Should you be buying North American Construction Group stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of North American Construction Group include Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), Select Water Solutions (WTTR), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), Aris Water Solutions (ARIS), Core Laboratories (CLB), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), and Ranger Energy Services (RNGR). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX) and North American Construction Group (NYSE:NOA) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, dividends, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, analyst recommendations and valuation.
91.3% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 75.0% of North American Construction Group shares are held by institutional investors. 6.4% of Helix Energy Solutions Group shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 9.7% of North American Construction Group shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, North American Construction Group had 5 more articles in the media than Helix Energy Solutions Group. MarketBeat recorded 5 mentions for North American Construction Group and 0 mentions for Helix Energy Solutions Group. North American Construction Group's average media sentiment score of 0.91 beat Helix Energy Solutions Group's score of 0.33 indicating that Helix Energy Solutions Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Helix Energy Solutions Group received 65 more outperform votes than North American Construction Group when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 69.74% of users gave North American Construction Group an outperform vote while only 59.30% of users gave Helix Energy Solutions Group an outperform vote.
Helix Energy Solutions Group presently has a consensus price target of $14.67, suggesting a potential upside of 27.43%. North American Construction Group has a consensus price target of $39.00, suggesting a potential upside of 83.53%. Given Helix Energy Solutions Group's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe North American Construction Group is more favorable than Helix Energy Solutions Group.
Helix Energy Solutions Group has a beta of 2.5, meaning that its share price is 150% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, North American Construction Group has a beta of 1.52, meaning that its share price is 52% more volatile than the S&P 500.
North American Construction Group has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Helix Energy Solutions Group. Helix Energy Solutions Group is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than North American Construction Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
North American Construction Group has a net margin of 5.21% compared to North American Construction Group's net margin of -2.39%. Helix Energy Solutions Group's return on equity of 19.48% beat North American Construction Group's return on equity.
Summary
North American Construction Group beats Helix Energy Solutions Group on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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