NR vs. OII, HLX, RES, DRQ, TTI, OIS, NGS, FET, GEOS, and GIFI
Should you be buying Newpark Resources stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Newpark Resources include Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), and Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Oceaneering International (NYSE:OII) and Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, dividends, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.
Oceaneering International currently has a consensus target price of $28.67, suggesting a potential upside of 37.42%. Newpark Resources has a consensus target price of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 34.97%. Given Newpark Resources' higher possible upside, research analysts plainly believe Oceaneering International is more favorable than Newpark Resources.
Oceaneering International received 181 more outperform votes than Newpark Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Newpark Resources an outperform vote while only 57.32% of users gave Oceaneering International an outperform vote.
Oceaneering International has a beta of 2.43, indicating that its stock price is 143% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Newpark Resources has a beta of 2.86, indicating that its stock price is 186% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oceaneering International has higher revenue and earnings than Newpark Resources. Oceaneering International is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Newpark Resources, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
93.9% of Oceaneering International shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 80.8% of Newpark Resources shares are held by institutional investors. 1.3% of Oceaneering International shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 4.8% of Newpark Resources shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
In the previous week, Oceaneering International had 3 more articles in the media than Newpark Resources. MarketBeat recorded 4 mentions for Oceaneering International and 1 mentions for Newpark Resources. Oceaneering International's average media sentiment score of 1.18 beat Newpark Resources' score of 0.70 indicating that Newpark Resources is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Oceaneering International has a net margin of 4.36% compared to Oceaneering International's net margin of 2.25%. Newpark Resources' return on equity of 14.82% beat Oceaneering International's return on equity.
Summary
Oceaneering International and Newpark Resources tied by winning 9 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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