WTTR vs. LBRT, PFHC, XPRO, OII, HLX, ACDC, RES, PUMP, NESR, and ARIS
Should you be buying Select Water Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Select Water Solutions include Liberty Energy (LBRT), ProFrac (PFHC), Expro Group (XPRO), Oceaneering International (OII), Helix Energy Solutions Group (HLX), ProFrac (ACDC), RPC (RES), ProPetro (PUMP), National Energy Services Reunited (NESR), and Aris Water Solutions (ARIS). These companies are all part of the "oil & gas field services, not elsewhere classified" industry.
Liberty Energy (NYSE:LBRT) and Select Water Solutions (NYSE:WTTR) are both oils/energy companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, earnings, profitability, analyst recommendations, dividends, valuation, community ranking and media sentiment.
In the previous week, Liberty Energy had 4 more articles in the media than Select Water Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 7 mentions for Liberty Energy and 3 mentions for Select Water Solutions. Liberty Energy's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Select Water Solutions' score of 1.34 indicating that Select Water Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Liberty Energy pays an annual dividend of $0.28 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Select Water Solutions pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Liberty Energy pays out 10.2% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Select Water Solutions pays out 36.9% 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. Liberty Energy has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years and Select Water Solutions has raised its dividend for 1 consecutive years.
Liberty Energy has a net margin of 10.43% compared to Liberty Energy's net margin of 4.28%. Select Water Solutions' return on equity of 26.46% beat Liberty Energy's return on equity.
Liberty Energy presently has a consensus target price of $25.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.28%. Select Water Solutions has a consensus target price of $11.83, suggesting a potential upside of 8.26%. Given Liberty Energy's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Select Water Solutions is more favorable than Liberty Energy.
Liberty Energy has a beta of 1.83, indicating that its share price is 83% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Select Water Solutions has a beta of 1.65, indicating that its share price is 65% more volatile than the S&P 500.
98.2% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 81.7% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.6% of Liberty Energy shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.4% of Select Water Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Liberty Energy received 19 more outperform votes than Select Water Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 66.81% of users gave Select Water Solutions an outperform vote while only 62.43% of users gave Liberty Energy an outperform vote.
Liberty Energy has higher revenue and earnings than Select Water Solutions. Liberty Energy is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Select Water Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Summary
Liberty Energy beats Select Water Solutions on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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