OIS vs. NR, DRQ, TTI, NGS, FET, GEOS, GIFI, DWSN, SLB, and HAL
Should you be buying Oil States International stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Oil States International include Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Forum Energy Technologies (FET), Geospace Technologies (GEOS), Gulf Island Fabrication (GIFI), Dawson Geophysical (DWSN), Schlumberger (SLB), and Halliburton (HAL). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
Newpark Resources (NYSE:NR) and Oil States International (NYSE:OIS) are both small-cap oils/energy companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, community ranking, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, risk, media sentiment, profitability and valuation.
Newpark Resources has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Oil States International. Oil States 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.
Newpark Resources has a beta of 2.78, indicating that its share price is 178% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Oil States International has a beta of 2.63, indicating that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Oil States International received 143 more outperform votes than Newpark Resources when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 63.49% of users gave Newpark Resources an outperform vote while only 58.17% of users gave Oil States International an outperform vote.
80.8% of Newpark Resources shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 97.4% of Oil States International shares are owned by institutional investors. 4.8% of Newpark Resources shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 5.4% of Oil States International shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Newpark Resources currently has a consensus price target of $11.00, suggesting a potential upside of 29.72%. Oil States International has a consensus price target of $8.00, suggesting a potential upside of 78.97%. Given Newpark Resources' higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Oil States International is more favorable than Newpark Resources.
In the previous week, Newpark Resources had 4 more articles in the media than Oil States International. MarketBeat recorded 6 mentions for Newpark Resources and 2 mentions for Oil States International. Oil States International's average media sentiment score of 1.10 beat Newpark Resources' score of 0.33 indicating that Newpark Resources is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Newpark Resources has a net margin of 2.25% compared to Newpark Resources' net margin of -0.35%. Oil States International's return on equity of 6.67% beat Newpark Resources' return on equity.
Summary
Newpark Resources beats Oil States International on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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