KLXE vs. NGS, RNGR, TUSK, NINE, NCSM, RCON, SLB, HAL, LBRT, and XPRO
Should you be buying KLX Energy Services stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of KLX Energy Services include Natural Gas Services Group (NGS), Ranger Energy Services (RNGR), Mammoth Energy Services (TUSK), Nine Energy Service (NINE), NCS Multistage (NCSM), Recon Technology (RCON), Schlumberger (SLB), Halliburton (HAL), Liberty Energy (LBRT), and Expro Group (XPRO). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
KLX Energy Services (NASDAQ:KLXE) and Natural Gas Services Group (NYSE:NGS) 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 risk, analyst recommendations, dividends, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking and profitability.
Natural Gas Services Group received 198 more outperform votes than KLX Energy Services when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 58.87% of users gave KLX Energy Services an outperform vote while only 58.15% of users gave Natural Gas Services Group an outperform vote.
KLX Energy Services has higher revenue and earnings than Natural Gas Services Group. KLX Energy Services is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Natural Gas Services Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
KLX Energy Services has a beta of 2.15, meaning that its share price is 115% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Natural Gas Services Group has a beta of 1.12, meaning that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.
KLX Energy Services presently has a consensus price target of $6.50, suggesting a potential upside of 27.20%. Natural Gas Services Group has a consensus price target of $26.00, suggesting a potential upside of 19.49%. Given KLX Energy Services' higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe KLX Energy Services is more favorable than Natural Gas Services Group.
42.7% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 65.6% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.4% of KLX Energy Services shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 6.9% of Natural Gas Services Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
Natural Gas Services Group has a net margin of 7.21% compared to KLX Energy Services' net margin of -1.51%. Natural Gas Services Group's return on equity of 4.35% beat KLX Energy Services' return on equity.
In the previous week, KLX Energy Services and KLX Energy Services both had 1 articles in the media. KLX Energy Services' average media sentiment score of 1.90 beat Natural Gas Services Group's score of 1.79 indicating that KLX Energy Services is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Natural Gas Services Group beats KLX Energy Services on 11 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.
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