NOV vs. FTI, TDW, OII, HLX, RES, NR, DRQ, TTI, OIS, and NGS
Should you be buying NOV stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of NOV include TechnipFMC (FTI), Tidewater (TDW), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), RPC (RES), Newpark Resources (NR), Dril-Quip (DRQ), TETRA Technologies (TTI), Oil States International (OIS), and Natural Gas Services Group (NGS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas equipment & services" industry.
NOV (NYSE:NOV) and TechnipFMC (NYSE:FTI) are both business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, dividends and earnings.
In the previous week, NOV had 15 more articles in the media than TechnipFMC. MarketBeat recorded 20 mentions for NOV and 5 mentions for TechnipFMC. TechnipFMC's average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat NOV's score of 0.33 indicating that TechnipFMC is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
NOV has a beta of 1.74, suggesting that its share price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, TechnipFMC has a beta of 1.61, suggesting that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
93.3% of NOV shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 96.6% of TechnipFMC shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.9% of NOV shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.1% of TechnipFMC shares are owned 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.
NOV has a net margin of 11.23% compared to TechnipFMC's net margin of 2.61%. NOV's return on equity of 10.21% beat TechnipFMC's return on equity.
NOV has higher revenue and earnings than TechnipFMC. NOV is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than TechnipFMC, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
NOV pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. TechnipFMC pays an annual dividend of $0.20 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.8%. NOV pays out 8.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. TechnipFMC pays out 42.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. NOV is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
NOV presently has a consensus target price of $24.07, suggesting a potential upside of 27.90%. TechnipFMC has a consensus target price of $27.21, suggesting a potential upside of 3.88%. Given NOV's higher possible upside, equities analysts clearly believe NOV is more favorable than TechnipFMC.
NOV received 371 more outperform votes than TechnipFMC when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 62.38% of users gave NOV an outperform vote while only 57.93% of users gave TechnipFMC an outperform vote.
Summary
NOV beats TechnipFMC on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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